The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 191
... talk , neither sublimed by fancy , nor discoloured by affectation , without either the harshness of satire , or the lusciousness of flattery . By this limpid vein of language , curiosity is gratified , and all the knowl- edge is ...
... talk , neither sublimed by fancy , nor discoloured by affectation , without either the harshness of satire , or the lusciousness of flattery . By this limpid vein of language , curiosity is gratified , and all the knowl- edge is ...
Pagina 241
... talk of the drama . His first care in the morning is to read the play - bills ; and , if he remembers any lines of ... talks longer than he is willing to hear , he will complain that he has been excruciated with unmeaning ver- VOL . 5-16 ...
... talk of the drama . His first care in the morning is to read the play - bills ; and , if he remembers any lines of ... talks longer than he is willing to hear , he will complain that he has been excruciated with unmeaning ver- VOL . 5-16 ...
Pagina 330
... talk to an incidental inquirer as they talk to one another , and make their knowledge ridiculous by injudicious obtrusion . An art cannot be taught but by its proper terms , but it is not always necessary to teach the art . That the ...
... talk to an incidental inquirer as they talk to one another , and make their knowledge ridiculous by injudicious obtrusion . An art cannot be taught but by its proper terms , but it is not always necessary to teach the art . That the ...
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NO PAGE 111 The pleasures and advantages of industry | 1 |
The itch of writing universal | 7 |
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amusement art of memory Bassora censure common commonly considered critick curiosity danger delight desire diligence distress Ditto dread Drugget easily easy elegance endeavour enemies envy equal eral evil expected eyes favour fortune friends genius give gout gratified hands happiness honour hope Hudibras human idleness Idler Iliad imagination innu inquire JAMES BOSWELL kind knowledge labour lady learned less live look lost Louisbourg mankind marriage memory ment mind Minorca miscarriage misery morning nation nature necessary ness never night observed once opinion OVID pain passed passions perhaps Peterhouse pleased pleasure praise present publick reason resolved rich SAMUEL JOHNSON SATURDAY scarcely seldom Sir Joshua Reynolds sometimes soon Sophron suffered superaddition surely talk tell terrour thing thought tion told truth virtue weary wife wish wonder write