The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 41
... Latin secretary , or continue his controversies . His mind was too eager to be diverted , and too strong to be subdued . About this time his first wife died in childbed , having left him three daughters . As he probably did not much ...
... Latin secretary , or continue his controversies . His mind was too eager to be diverted , and too strong to be subdued . About this time his first wife died in childbed , having left him three daughters . As he probably did not much ...
Pagina 44
... Latin for a mulberry - tree , and hints at the known transformation : " Poma alba ferebat Quæ post nigra tulit Morus . " With this piece ended his controversies ; and he , from this time , gave himself up to his private studies and his ...
... Latin for a mulberry - tree , and hints at the known transformation : " Poma alba ferebat Quæ post nigra tulit Morus . " With this piece ended his controversies ; and he , from this time , gave himself up to his private studies and his ...
Pagina 45
... Latin tongue . To collect a dictionary , seems a work of all others least practicable in a state of blindness , because it depends upon perpetual and minute inspection and collation . Nor would Milton probably have begun it , after he ...
... Latin tongue . To collect a dictionary , seems a work of all others least practicable in a state of blindness , because it depends upon perpetual and minute inspection and collation . Nor would Milton probably have begun it , after he ...
Pagina 55
... Latin secretary to Cromwell , distinguished by his writings in favour of the rights and liberties of the people , pretended to be dead , and had a publick funeral procession . The king applauded his policy in escaping the punishment of ...
... Latin secretary to Cromwell , distinguished by his writings in favour of the rights and liberties of the people , pretended to be dead , and had a publick funeral procession . The king applauded his policy in escaping the punishment of ...
Pagina 56
... Latin secretary as exer- cising any of the powers of government , he that had shared authority , either with the parliament or Cromwell , might have forborne to talk very loudly of his honesty ; and , if he thought the office purely ...
... Latin secretary as exer- cising any of the powers of government , he that had shared authority , either with the parliament or Cromwell , might have forborne to talk very loudly of his honesty ; and , if he thought the office purely ...
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