The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 77
... believe that he was ever reduced to indi- gence . His wants , being few , were competently supplied . He sold his library before his death , and left his family fifteen hundred pounds , on which his widow laid hold , and only gave one ...
... believe that he was ever reduced to indi- gence . His wants , being few , were competently supplied . He sold his library before his death , and left his family fifteen hundred pounds , on which his widow laid hold , and only gave one ...
Pagina 86
... believe the writer not to have been conscious . Such is the power of reputation justly acquired , that its blaze drives away the eye from nice exam- ination . Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure , had he ...
... believe the writer not to have been conscious . Such is the power of reputation justly acquired , that its blaze drives away the eye from nice exam- ination . Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure , had he ...
Pagina 108
... believe , the favourite of children , and gradually neglected , as knowledge is increased . After the operation of immaterial agents which cannot be explained , may be considered that of alle- gorical persons , which have no real ...
... believe , the favourite of children , and gradually neglected , as knowledge is increased . After the operation of immaterial agents which cannot be explained , may be considered that of alle- gorical persons , which have no real ...
Pagina 127
... believe , every reader regrets the paucity of events , and complains that , in the poem of Hudibras , as in the history of Thucydides , there is more said than done . The scenes are too sel- dom changed , and the attention is tired with ...
... believe , every reader regrets the paucity of events , and complains that , in the poem of Hudibras , as in the history of Thucydides , there is more said than done . The scenes are too sel- dom changed , and the attention is tired with ...
Pagina 132
... believe that conjunctions and opposi- tions had a great part in the distribution of good or evil , and in the goverment of sublunary things . ' Poetical action ought to be probable upon certain suppositions , and such probability as ...
... believe that conjunctions and opposi- tions had a great part in the distribution of good or evil , and in the goverment of sublunary things . ' Poetical action ought to be probable upon certain suppositions , and such probability as ...
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