Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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Página ix
... perhaps wholly obliterated ; in some measure therefore he may be regarded as the parent of their minds , as the modeller of their fu- ture lives . There is a curious epistle , which he wrote to 1 to his father shortly after his arrival ...
... perhaps wholly obliterated ; in some measure therefore he may be regarded as the parent of their minds , as the modeller of their fu- ture lives . There is a curious epistle , which he wrote to 1 to his father shortly after his arrival ...
Página xi
... perhaps may " promise something better when at matu- rity . The letter enclosed I wrote on pur- ce pose to show the natural wavering of my " mind , for which I have been often upbraid- " ed by Mr. A. ” The enclosed letter , to which he ...
... perhaps may " promise something better when at matu- rity . The letter enclosed I wrote on pur- ce pose to show the natural wavering of my " mind , for which I have been often upbraid- " ed by Mr. A. ” The enclosed letter , to which he ...
Página xxi
... perhaps both , have " dashed the present with a mixture of indo- " lence , that has been my darling foible since " I first knew a letter ; and even in riper 66 years not even the fear of a rod could " closet me with a classical author ...
... perhaps both , have " dashed the present with a mixture of indo- " lence , that has been my darling foible since " I first knew a letter ; and even in riper 66 years not even the fear of a rod could " closet me with a classical author ...
Página xxii
... perhaps 66 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 ...
... perhaps 66 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 ...
Página xlviii
... Perhaps you " will say , I betray a discontented mind . I " do not think so . Were I old and feeble , " I should think it my duty , to sit down " resigned ' ; but while I have youth and " abilities , I think I owe to myself , and to ...
... Perhaps you " will say , I betray a discontented mind . I " do not think so . Were I old and feeble , " I should think it my duty , to sit down " resigned ' ; but while I have youth and " abilities , I think I owe to myself , and to ...
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