Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... means put him forward . It will not only be doing him justice , but it will be 66 your easiest way of providing for him in " the world . If he has his health , and his " application is in any degree answerable to " his parts , I make no ...
... means put him forward . It will not only be doing him justice , but it will be 66 your easiest way of providing for him in " the world . If he has his health , and his " application is in any degree answerable to " his parts , I make no ...
Página xix
... means I can ap- " ply it to surveying , where the angles don't exceed 90 degrees . This use of it is indeed amusing , and yields " an agreeable satisfaction , to be thus enabled to measure " inaccessible heights and distances : yet easy ...
... means I can ap- " ply it to surveying , where the angles don't exceed 90 degrees . This use of it is indeed amusing , and yields " an agreeable satisfaction , to be thus enabled to measure " inaccessible heights and distances : yet easy ...
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... mean never to assist me in any composition " for the future . But when I petition them , " then may they deny me ! For to say the " truth , the flights and raptures of a poeti- " cal imagination are but luxuriant branch- " es in the ...
... mean never to assist me in any composition " for the future . But when I petition them , " then may they deny me ! For to say the " truth , the flights and raptures of a poeti- " cal imagination are but luxuriant branch- " es in the ...
Página xxv
... means he was enabled more thoroughly to imbibe the spirit of them , and to fix them in his mind . Soon after his arrival he was chosen a member of a club , that met alternately at each other's lodgings for the purpose of lite- rary ...
... means he was enabled more thoroughly to imbibe the spirit of them , and to fix them in his mind . Soon after his arrival he was chosen a member of a club , that met alternately at each other's lodgings for the purpose of lite- rary ...
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... mean only the weakest . The more intelligent approve of it , and speak " of the contrary only in condescension to " their prejudices . I have advised George to 66 attempt praying in this way , and doubt " not in a little time , and with ...
... mean only the weakest . The more intelligent approve of it , and speak " of the contrary only in condescension to " their prejudices . I have advised George to 66 attempt praying in this way , and doubt " not in a little time , and with ...
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