The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 41
... 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 love her , he did not long continue the appearance of ...
... 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 love her , he did not long continue the appearance of ...
Pagina 43
... mind should have the sovereign power . Such , sir , are you by general confession ; such It may be doubted whether gloriosissimus be here used with Milton's boasted purity . Res gloriosa is an illustrious thing ; but vir gloriosus is ...
... mind should have the sovereign power . Such , sir , are you by general confession ; such It may be doubted whether gloriosissimus be here used with Milton's boasted purity . Res gloriosa is an illustrious thing ; but vir gloriosus is ...
Pagina 62
... mind to particular regions , and supposes that a luckless mor- tal may be born in a degree of latitude too high or too low for wisdom or for wit . From this fancy , wild as it is , he had not wholly cleared his head , when he feared ...
... mind to particular regions , and supposes that a luckless mor- tal may be born in a degree of latitude too high or too low for wisdom or for wit . From this fancy , wild as it is , he had not wholly cleared his head , when he feared ...
Pagina 63
Samuel Johnson. Into a mind already occupied by such fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might consistently ...
Samuel Johnson. Into a mind already occupied by such fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might consistently ...
Pagina 64
... his memory , if his daughter could have performed the office . 99 66 The story of reducing his exuberance has been told of other authors , and , though , doubtless , true of every fertile and copious mind , seems to have been 64 MILTON.
... his memory , if his daughter could have performed the office . 99 66 The story of reducing his exuberance has been told of other authors , and , though , doubtless , true of every fertile and copious mind , seems to have been 64 MILTON.
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