The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 61
... produces the inability which it supposes . Our powers owe much of their energy to our hopes : " possunt quia posse videntur . " When success seems attainable , diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted that the faculties are ...
... produces the inability which it supposes . Our powers owe much of their energy to our hopes : " possunt quia posse videntur . " When success seems attainable , diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted that the faculties are ...
Pagina 62
... produced in the decrepitude of nature . It was suspected , that the whole creation languished , that neither trees nor animals had the height or bulk of their predecessors , and that every thing was daily sinking by gradual diminution ...
... produced in the decrepitude of nature . It was suspected , that the whole creation languished , that neither trees nor animals had the height or bulk of their predecessors , and that every thing was daily sinking by gradual diminution ...
Pagina 63
... producing something , which they should not willingly let die . " However infe- riour 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 ...
... producing something , which they should not willingly let die . " However infe- riour 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 ...
Pagina 69
... produced by that general literature which now pervades the nation through all its ranks . But the reputation and price of the copy still ad- vanced , till the revolution put an end to the secrecy of love , and Paradise Lost broke into ...
... produced by that general literature which now pervades the nation through all its ranks . But the reputation and price of the copy still ad- vanced , till the revolution put an end to the secrecy of love , and Paradise Lost broke into ...
Pagina 99
... produced by an imagination in the highest degree fervid and active , to which materials were supplied by inces- sant study and unlimited curiosity . The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning , to throw off into his ...
... produced by an imagination in the highest degree fervid and active , to which materials were supplied by inces- sant study and unlimited curiosity . The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning , to throw off into his ...
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