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Pagina 63
However inferiour to the heroes who were born in better ages , he might still be
great among his contemporaries , with the hope of growing every day greater in
the dwindle of posterity . He might still be a giant among the pygmies , the one ...
However inferiour to the heroes who were born in better ages , he might still be
great among his contemporaries , with the hope of growing every day greater in
the dwindle of posterity . He might still be a giant among the pygmies , the one ...
Pagina 65
... evil days and evil tongues , and with darkness and with danger compass'd
round . ” This darkness , had his eyes been better employed , had undoubtedly
deserved compassion ; but to add the mention of danger was ungrateful and
unjust .
... evil days and evil tongues , and with darkness and with danger compass'd
round . ” This darkness , had his eyes been better employed , had undoubtedly
deserved compassion ; but to add the mention of danger was ungrateful and
unjust .
Pagina 71
If few men would have had resolution to write books with such embarrassments ,
few , likewise , would have wanted ability to find some better expedient . Three
years after his Paradise Lost , 1667 , he published his History of England ...
If few men would have had resolution to write books with such embarrassments ,
few , likewise , would have wanted ability to find some better expedient . Three
years after his Paradise Lost , 1667 , he published his History of England ...
Pagina 74
He has , however , something better . As the best preservative against popery ,
he recommends the diligent perusal of the scriptures , a duty , from which he
warns the busy part of mankind not to think themselves excused . He now
reprinted his ...
He has , however , something better . As the best preservative against popery ,
he recommends the diligent perusal of the scriptures , a duty , from which he
warns the busy part of mankind not to think themselves excused . He now
reprinted his ...
Pagina 80
His political notions were those of an acrimonious and surly republican , for
which it is not known that he gave any better reason than that “ a popular
government was the most frugal ; for the trappings of a monarchy would set up an
ordinary ...
His political notions were those of an acrimonious and surly republican , for
which it is not known that he gave any better reason than that “ a popular
government was the most frugal ; for the trappings of a monarchy would set up an
ordinary ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autore | Samuel Johnson |
| Editore | Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Indiana University |
| Digitalizzato | 30 gen 2009 |
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