Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to ...
... language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to ...
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... language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' The above little verses also shew that superstitious bias which ' grew with his growth , and strength- ened with his strength , ' and of late years particu ...
... language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' The above little verses also shew that superstitious bias which ' grew with his growth , and strength- ened with his strength , ' and of late years particu ...
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... language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder - plot . To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses entitled Somnium , con- taining a common thought ; " That the Muse had come to him in ...
... language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder - plot . To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses entitled Somnium , con- taining a common thought ; " That the Muse had come to him in ...
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... language of translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the ...
... language of translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the ...
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... language , both for sentiment and expression . The nation was then in that ferment against the Court and the Ministry , which some years after ended in the downfall of Sir Robert Walpole ; and as it has been said , that Tories are Whigs ...
... language , both for sentiment and expression . The nation was then in that ferment against the Court and the Ministry , which some years after ended in the downfall of Sir Robert Walpole ; and as it has been said , that Tories are Whigs ...
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