The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 51
... hope of doing something . He wrote letters , which Toland has published , to such men as he thought friends to the new common- wealth ; and , even in the year of the restoration , he " bated no jot of heart or hope , " but was fantasti ...
... hope of doing something . He wrote letters , which Toland has published , to such men as he thought friends to the new common- wealth ; and , even in the year of the restoration , he " bated no jot of heart or hope , " but was fantasti ...
Pagina 63
... hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity . He might still be a giant among the pygmies , the one - eyed monarch of the blindc . 66 Of his artifices of study , or particular hours of composition , we have little ...
... hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity . He might still be a giant among the pygmies , the one - eyed monarch of the blindc . 66 Of his artifices of study , or particular hours of composition , we have little ...
Pagina 79
... hope , will glide by degrees out of the mind , unless it be invigorated and reim- pressed by external ordinances , by stated calls to worship , and the salutary influence of example . Mil- ton , who appears to have had full conviction ...
... hope , will glide by degrees out of the mind , unless it be invigorated and reim- pressed by external ordinances , by stated calls to worship , and the salutary influence of example . Mil- ton , who appears to have had full conviction ...
Pagina 84
... hope ever to do with ease , we must learn first to do with diligence . Those who admire the beauties of this great poet sometimes force their own judgment into false ap- probation of his little pieces , and prevail upon them- selves to ...
... hope ever to do with ease , we must learn first to do with diligence . Those who admire the beauties of this great poet sometimes force their own judgment into false ap- probation of his little pieces , and prevail upon them- selves to ...
Pagina 94
... hope and peace . Great events can be hastened or retarded only by persons of elevated dignity . Before the greatness displayed in Milton's poem , all other greatness shrinks away . The weakest of his agents are the highest and noblest ...
... hope and peace . Great events can be hastened or retarded only by persons of elevated dignity . Before the greatness displayed in Milton's poem , all other greatness shrinks away . The weakest of his agents are the highest and noblest ...
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