Wisdom and Genius of Dr. Samuel Johnson: Selected from His Prose WritingsJ. Blackwood, 1875 - 298 páginas |
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... never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments , and tries no hazardous innovations . His page is always luminous , but never blazes in ... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences 10 ADDISON .
... never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments , and tries no hazardous innovations . His page is always luminous , but never blazes in ... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences 10 ADDISON .
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... never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity ; his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain ... never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences ...
... never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity ; his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain ... never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences ...
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... never be very grateful , even when it is most necessary or most judicious . But for the same reason every one is eager to instruct his neighbours . To be wise or to be virtuous , is to buy dignity and importance at a high price ; but ...
... never be very grateful , even when it is most necessary or most judicious . But for the same reason every one is eager to instruct his neighbours . To be wise or to be virtuous , is to buy dignity and importance at a high price ; but ...
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... never had , and enjoys , to the fatal hour of bankruptcy , though with a thousand terrors and anxieties , the unnecessary splendour of borrowed riches . If we compare the value of the praise obtained by 16 AFFECTATION .
... never had , and enjoys , to the fatal hour of bankruptcy , though with a thousand terrors and anxieties , the unnecessary splendour of borrowed riches . If we compare the value of the praise obtained by 16 AFFECTATION .
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... never so amiable as in his unbended and familiar intervals . Heroic generosity , or philosophical discoveries , may com- pel veneration and respect : but love always im- plies some kind of natural or voluntary equality , and is only to ...
... never so amiable as in his unbended and familiar intervals . Heroic generosity , or philosophical discoveries , may com- pel veneration and respect : but love always im- plies some kind of natural or voluntary equality , and is only to ...
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amusements attain attention calamity censure character common commonly considered conversation CUTHBERT BEDE delight desire diligence Dryden easily easy EDWARD HITCHCOCK endeavour enjoy enjoyment envy equally evil excellence expect fame fancy favour Fcap fear feel felicity flatter folly fortune frequently FROST KING genius GEOFFREY CHAUCER give gratification happiness HENRY WARD BEECHER honour hope hour human HYDROPATHY idleness imagination inclination indulged intellectual Julius Cæsar kind Kind-The knowledge labour learning leisure lives Lord Anson Lovell's Court luxury mankind marriage ment mind misery nature necessary necessity neglect ness never Numerous Illustrations observed opinion ourselves pain pass passion Paternoster Row perpetual pleasing pleasure poet poetry Pope possession praise present pride produce reason riches SAMUEL JOHNSON seldom sentiments Shakespeare sometimes sorrow suffer superaddition superiority things thoughts tion truth vanity vigour virtue WASHINGTON IRVING wish writing young youth