The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 1
... given more to dice and cards than study : " and , therefore , gave no prognosticks of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and lax- ity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country . When ...
... given more to dice and cards than study : " and , therefore , gave no prognosticks of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and lax- ity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country . When ...
Pagina 2
... given him his first hold of the publick attention ; for Waller remarked , " that he broke out like the Irish rebellion , three score thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected it : " an observation which could ...
... given him his first hold of the publick attention ; for Waller remarked , " that he broke out like the Irish rebellion , three score thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected it : " an observation which could ...
Pagina 3
... given an account in the dedication of his works . He was , afterwards , employed in carrying on the king's correspondence ; and , as he says , discharged this office with great safety to the royalists : and , being accidentally ...
... given an account in the dedication of his works . He was , afterwards , employed in carrying on the king's correspondence ; and , as he says , discharged this office with great safety to the royalists : and , being accidentally ...
Pagina 5
... given specimens of various compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didactick , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all mankind , the ambition of being , upon proper occasions , a merry fellow , and , in common ...
... given specimens of various compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didactick , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all mankind , the ambition of being , upon proper occasions , a merry fellow , and , in common ...
Pagina 15
... given him an example , seems to com- mend the earliness of his own proficiency to the notice of posterity . But the products of his vernal fertility have been surpassed by many , and particu- larly by his contemporary Cowley . Of the ...
... given him an example , seems to com- mend the earliness of his own proficiency to the notice of posterity . But the products of his vernal fertility have been surpassed by many , and particu- larly by his contemporary Cowley . Of the ...
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