The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 25
... tell what they do not know to be true , only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself disgraceful . His father was alive ; his allowance 1 This is inaccurately expressed : Philips , and Dr. Newton , after him , say ...
... tell what they do not know to be true , only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself disgraceful . His father was alive ; his allowance 1 This is inaccurately expressed : Philips , and Dr. Newton , after him , say ...
Pagina 26
... tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the horseman must be limited by the power of the horse . Every man , that has ever undertaken to instruct others , can tell ...
... tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the horseman must be limited by the power of the horse . Every man , that has ever undertaken to instruct others , can tell ...
Pagina 38
... aiunt , nimium gallinaceus . " But his supreme pleasure is to tax his adversary , so renowned for criticism , with vitious Latin . He opens his book with telling that he has used persona , which , according to Milton , signifies 38 MILTON.
... aiunt , nimium gallinaceus . " But his supreme pleasure is to tax his adversary , so renowned for criticism , with vitious Latin . He opens his book with telling that he has used persona , which , according to Milton , signifies 38 MILTON.
Pagina 86
... tell how a shepherd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas , and how neither god can tell . He who thus grieves ...
... tell how a shepherd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas , and how neither god can tell . He who thus grieves ...
Pagina 101
... tell of things vis- ible and known . When he cannot raise wonder by the sublimity of his mind , he gives delight by its fertility . Whatever be his subject , he never fails to fill the imagination . But his images and descriptions of ...
... tell of things vis- ible and known . When he cannot raise wonder by the sublimity of his mind , he gives delight by its fertility . Whatever be his subject , he never fails to fill the imagination . But his images and descriptions of ...
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