The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 95
... characters . The characters in the Paradise Lost , which admit of examination , are those of angels and of man ; of ... character can justify , because no good man would willingly permit them to pass , however transiently , through ...
... characters . The characters in the Paradise Lost , which admit of examination , are those of angels and of man ; of ... character can justify , because no good man would willingly permit them to pass , however transiently , through ...
Pagina 96
... character of Moloch ap- pears , both in the battle and the council , with exact consistency . To Adam and to Eve are given , during their in- nocence , such sentiments as innocence can generate and utter . Their love is pure benevolence ...
... character of Moloch ap- pears , both in the battle and the council , with exact consistency . To Adam and to Eve are given , during their in- nocence , such sentiments as innocence can generate and utter . Their love is pure benevolence ...
Pagina 99
... characters , are , for the greater part , unexceptionably just . Splendid passages , containing lessons of morality , or precepts of prudence , occur seldom . Such is the original formation of this poem , that , as it admits no human ...
... characters , are , for the greater part , unexceptionably just . Splendid passages , containing lessons of morality , or precepts of prudence , occur seldom . Such is the original formation of this poem , that , as it admits no human ...
Pagina 102
... characters may be great , but they are not amiable . The reader may rise from their works with a greater degree of active or pas- sive fortitude , and sometimes of prudence ; but he will be able to carry away few precepts of justice ...
... characters may be great , but they are not amiable . The reader may rise from their works with a greater degree of active or pas- sive fortitude , and sometimes of prudence ; but he will be able to carry away few precepts of justice ...
Pagina 112
... character , nor the combinations of concurring , or the perplexity of contending passions . He had read much , and knew what books could teach ; but had mingled little in the world , and was deficient in the knowledge which experience ...
... character , nor the combinations of concurring , or the perplexity of contending passions . He had read much , and knew what books could teach ; but had mingled little in the world , and was deficient in the knowledge which experience ...
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