The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 49
... relates what he knew of man ; as the creation of Eve , with their love and marriage . After this , Lucifer appears ; after his overthrow , bemoans himself , seeks re- venge on man . The chorus prepares resistance at his first approach ...
... relates what he knew of man ; as the creation of Eve , with their love and marriage . After this , Lucifer appears ; after his overthrow , bemoans himself , seeks re- venge on man . The chorus prepares resistance at his first approach ...
Pagina 56
... relates , oppressed his children in his lifetime , and cheated them at his death . Soon after his marriage , according to an obscure story , he was offered the continuance of his employ- ment , and , being pressed by his wife to accept ...
... relates , oppressed his children in his lifetime , and cheated them at his death . Soon after his marriage , according to an obscure story , he was offered the continuance of his employ- ment , and , being pressed by his wife to accept ...
Pagina 58
... relates , that Milton , having a curious ear , knew , by his voice , when he read what he did not understand , and would stop him , and " open the most difficult passages . In a short time he took a house in the Artillery walk , leading ...
... relates , that Milton , having a curious ear , knew , by his voice , when he read what he did not understand , and would stop him , and " open the most difficult passages . In a short time he took a house in the Artillery walk , leading ...
Pagina 64
... relates , that " he would sometimes lie awake whole nights , but not a verse could he make ; and on a sudden his poetical faculty would rush upon him with an impetus or œstrum , and his daughter was immediately called to secure what ...
... relates , that " he would sometimes lie awake whole nights , but not a verse could he make ; and on a sudden his poetical faculty would rush upon him with an impetus or œstrum , and his daughter was immediately called to secure what ...
Pagina 72
... relates , endure to hear Para- dise Lost preferred to Paradise Regained . Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own works . On that which has cost him much labour he sets a high value , because he is unwilling to think that ...
... relates , endure to hear Para- dise Lost preferred to Paradise Regained . Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own works . On that which has cost him much labour he sets a high value , because he is unwilling to think that ...
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