Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... taste . for poetry ; it was here that he composed the greater part of his imitations of Ana- creon , a few of which are inserted * as specimens of the proficiency which he had made in an art , to which in his early youth he was so much ...
... taste . for poetry ; it was here that he composed the greater part of his imitations of Ana- creon , a few of which are inserted * as specimens of the proficiency which he had made in an art , to which in his early youth he was so much ...
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... taste , as well as the elegance of his demonstrations founded on the clear and perspicuous style of the an- cients . In a letter to his uncle he thus de- scribes the different studies in which he was engaged : " Morality , criticism ...
... taste , as well as the elegance of his demonstrations founded on the clear and perspicuous style of the an- cients . In a letter to his uncle he thus de- scribes the different studies in which he was engaged : " Morality , criticism ...
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... taste in reading , and guide " the judgment between those two equally ' injudicious extremes , of ill - naturedly cen- suring and ridiculously extolling every " thing we read , & c . " 66 In another letter to a friend he unbosoms ...
... taste in reading , and guide " the judgment between those two equally ' injudicious extremes , of ill - naturedly cen- suring and ridiculously extolling every " thing we read , & c . " 66 In another letter to a friend he unbosoms ...
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... taste , his demonstrations being at times unnecessarily long and tedi- ous , and devoid of neatness and perspicuity . The university at that time exhibited such a con- a constellation of literary characters , as per- haps no xxvi MEMOIR OF.
... taste , his demonstrations being at times unnecessarily long and tedi- ous , and devoid of neatness and perspicuity . The university at that time exhibited such a con- a constellation of literary characters , as per- haps no xxvi MEMOIR OF.
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... tastes , of habits , and of opinions . This gentleman was Dr. John Manning , who had for some time been settled as a physician at Norwich . Their acquaintance originally commenced at Kendal , was , afterward re- newed as fellow ...
... tastes , of habits , and of opinions . This gentleman was Dr. John Manning , who had for some time been settled as a physician at Norwich . Their acquaintance originally commenced at Kendal , was , afterward re- newed as fellow ...
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