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Pagina 71
A language not understood can never be so read as to give pleasure , and , very
seldom , so as to convey meaning . If few men would have had resolution to write
books with such embarrassments , few , likewise , would have wanted ability to ...
A language not understood can never be so read as to give pleasure , and , very
seldom , so as to convey meaning . If few men would have had resolution to write
books with such embarrassments , few , likewise , would have wanted ability to ...
Pagina 74
... too few to make a volume , he added some academical exercises , which ,
perhaps , he perused with pleasure , as they recalled to his memory the days of
youth , but for which nothing but veneration for his name could now procure a
reader .
... too few to make a volume , he added some academical exercises , which ,
perhaps , he perused with pleasure , as they recalled to his memory the days of
youth , but for which nothing but veneration for his name could now procure a
reader .
Pagina 86
Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure , had he
not known the author . Of the two pieces , L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , I believe ,
opinion is uniform ; every man that reads them , reads them with pleasure .
Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure , had he
not known the author . Of the two pieces , L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , I believe ,
opinion is uniform ; every man that reads them , reads them with pleasure .
Pagina 88
The seriousness does not arise from any participation of calamity , nor the gaiety
from the pleasures of the bottle . The man of cheerfulness , having exhausted the
country , tries what “ towered cities ” will afford , and mingles with scenes of ...
The seriousness does not arise from any participation of calamity , nor the gaiety
from the pleasures of the bottle . The man of cheerfulness , having exhausted the
country , tries what “ towered cities ” will afford , and mingles with scenes of ...
Pagina 91
The song of Comus has airiness and jollity ; but , what may recommend Milton's
morals , as well as his poetry , the invitations to pleasure are so general , that
they excite no distinct images of corrupt enjoyment , and take no dangerous hold
on ...
The song of Comus has airiness and jollity ; but , what may recommend Milton's
morals , as well as his poetry , the invitations to pleasure are so general , that
they excite no distinct images of corrupt enjoyment , and take no dangerous hold
on ...
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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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