The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 72
... , however it happened , had this prejudice , and had it to himself . To that multiplicity of attainments , and extent of comprehension , that entitled this great author to our veneration , may be added a kind of humble 72 MILTON.
... , however it happened , had this prejudice , and had it to himself . To that multiplicity of attainments , and extent of comprehension , that entitled this great author to our veneration , may be added a kind of humble 72 MILTON.
Pagina 73
Samuel Johnson. our veneration , may be added a kind of humble dignity , which did not disdain the meanest services to literature . The epick poet , the controvertist , the politician , having already descended to accommodate children ...
Samuel Johnson. our veneration , may be added a kind of humble dignity , which did not disdain the meanest services to literature . The epick poet , the controvertist , the politician , having already descended to accommodate children ...
Pagina 76
... kind , and fed without excess in quantity , and , in his earlier years , without delicacy of choice . In his youth he studied late at night ; but afterwards changed his hours , and rested in bed from nine till four in the summer , and ...
... kind , and fed without excess in quantity , and , in his earlier years , without delicacy of choice . In his youth he studied late at night ; but afterwards changed his hours , and rested in bed from nine till four in the summer , and ...
Pagina 80
... kind of traffick , by which money is circulated , without any national impoverishment . Milton's republicanism was , I am afraid , founded in an envious hatred of greatness , and a sullen desire of independence ; in petulance impatient ...
... kind of traffick , by which money is circulated , without any national impoverishment . Milton's republicanism was , I am afraid , founded in an envious hatred of greatness , and a sullen desire of independence ; in petulance impatient ...
Pagina 121
... kind of business , at which he was more ready than in doing good offices to men of desert , though no one was better qualified than he , both in regard to his fortune and understanding , to protect them ; and , VOL . 8 121 from that ...
... kind of business , at which he was more ready than in doing good offices to men of desert , though no one was better qualified than he , both in regard to his fortune and understanding , to protect them ; and , VOL . 8 121 from that ...
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