Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1953 - 1491 páginas |
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... allowed that the circumstances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allusions , and bright images , and ...
... allowed that the circumstances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allusions , and bright images , and ...
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... allow to that extraordinary man the talent of wit , he also laughed with approbation at another of his playful conceits ; which was , that ' Horace has in one line given a description of a good desirable manour : — " Est modus in rebus ...
... allow to that extraordinary man the talent of wit , he also laughed with approbation at another of his playful conceits ; which was , that ' Horace has in one line given a description of a good desirable manour : — " Est modus in rebus ...
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... allow the Scotch writers to have merit , the late Dr. Rose , of Chiswick , asserted , that he could name one Scotch writer , whom Dr. Johnson himself would allow to have written better than any man of the age ; and upon Johnson's asking ...
... allow the Scotch writers to have merit , the late Dr. Rose , of Chiswick , asserted , that he could name one Scotch writer , whom Dr. Johnson himself would allow to have written better than any man of the age ; and upon Johnson's asking ...
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Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds | 1 |
Advertisement to the Third Edition | 9 |
Life of Samuel Johnson | 19 |
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