The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 38
... appear despicable in his own eyes . He that despises for its littleness any thing really useful , has no pretensions to applaud the grandeur of his conceptions ; since nothing but narrowness of mind hinders him from seeing , that by ...
... appear despicable in his own eyes . He that despises for its littleness any thing really useful , has no pretensions to applaud the grandeur of his conceptions ; since nothing but narrowness of mind hinders him from seeing , that by ...
Pagina 197
... for it has more terrour than danger , and will appear less formidable as it is more nearly approached . A mother tells her infant , that two and two make four ; the child remembers the proposition , and is 197 THE IDLER.
... for it has more terrour than danger , and will appear less formidable as it is more nearly approached . A mother tells her infant , that two and two make four ; the child remembers the proposition , and is 197 THE IDLER.
Pagina 315
... appear , was a man of vast de- signs , and of vast performances , though he some- times designed one thing , and performed another . I allow that the Spectator's inimitable productions of this kind may well discourage all subsequent ...
... appear , was a man of vast de- signs , and of vast performances , though he some- times designed one thing , and performed another . I allow that the Spectator's inimitable productions of this kind may well discourage all subsequent ...
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NO PAGE 111 The pleasures and advantages of industry | 1 |
The itch of writing universal | 7 |
The folly of creating artificial wants | 14 |
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