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Pagina 58
He , long before , had promised to adorn his native country by some great
performance , while he had z It is scarcely necessary to inform the reader , that
this relation of Voltaire's was perfectly true , as far as relates to the existence of
the play ...
He , long before , had promised to adorn his native country by some great
performance , while he had z It is scarcely necessary to inform the reader , that
this relation of Voltaire's was perfectly true , as far as relates to the existence of
the play ...
Pagina 87
... the residence of some fair inhabitant ; thus he pursues rural gaiety through a
day of labour or of play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives
of superstitious ignorance . The pensive man , at one time , walks " unseen to
muse ...
... the residence of some fair inhabitant ; thus he pursues rural gaiety through a
day of labour or of play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives
of superstitious ignorance . The pensive man , at one time , walks " unseen to
muse ...
Pagina 110
... a fiction not , in itself , ill imagined , but too ludicrous for its place . His play on
words , in which he delights too often ; his equivocations , which Bentley
endeavours to defend by the example of the ancients ; his unnecessary and 110
MILTON.
... a fiction not , in itself , ill imagined , but too ludicrous for its place . His play on
words , in which he delights too often ; his equivocations , which Bentley
endeavours to defend by the example of the ancients ; his unnecessary and 110
MILTON.
Pagina 132
one of the first scholars of his age thought necessary to prove , that it was no
crime to throw a die , or play at cards , or to hide a shilling for the reckoning .
Astrology , however , against which so much of the satire is directed , was not
more the ...
one of the first scholars of his age thought necessary to prove , that it was no
crime to throw a die , or play at cards , or to hide a shilling for the reckoning .
Astrology , however , against which so much of the satire is directed , was not
more the ...
Pagina 145
The lord Roscommon , being a boy of ten years of age , at Caen in Normandy ,
one day was , as it were , madly extravagant in playing , leaping , getting over the
tables , boards , & c . He was wont to be sober enough ; they said , God grant this
...
The lord Roscommon , being a boy of ten years of age , at Caen in Normandy ,
one day was , as it were , madly extravagant in playing , leaping , getting over the
tables , boards , & c . He was wont to be sober enough ; they said , God grant this
...
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| Titolo | The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autore | Samuel Johnson |
| Editore | Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Indiana University |
| Digitalizzato | 30 gen 2009 |
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