The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius, Volumen9Luke Hansard & Sons, 1810 |
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Página 58
... mean- ness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the Morning : As glimmering stars just at the approach of day , Cashier'd ...
... mean- ness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the Morning : As glimmering stars just at the approach of day , Cashier'd ...
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... means the antients have continued to delight through all the changes of human manners , he contented himself with a deci- duous laurel , of which the verdure in its spring was bright and gay , but which time has been conti- nually ...
... means the antients have continued to delight through all the changes of human manners , he contented himself with a deci- duous laurel , of which the verdure in its spring was bright and gay , but which time has been conti- nually ...
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... means , so far softened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that by his intercession ad- mission was procured . Of the king's condescension he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was afterwards employed in carrying on the ...
... means , so far softened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that by his intercession ad- mission was procured . Of the king's condescension he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was afterwards employed in carrying on the ...
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... means such of them as had the gift , being enabled to support themselves ( without tithes ) by the latter , may , by the help of the former , become worthy preachers . One of his objections to academical education , as it was then ...
... means such of them as had the gift , being enabled to support themselves ( without tithes ) by the latter , may , by the help of the former , become worthy preachers . One of his objections to academical education , as it was then ...
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... means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the embellishments of life , formed the same plan of education in his imaginary College . But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge ...
... means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the embellishments of life , formed the same plan of education in his imaginary College . But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge ...
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Página 93 - ... that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Página 417 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 77 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Página 98 - Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools, that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
Página 154 - We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose at evening bright Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel.
Página 22 - Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at least necessary to read and think.
Página 174 - This being necessary was therefore defensible; and he should have secured the consistency of his system by keeping immateriality out of sight, and enticing his reader to drop it from his thoughts.
Página 21 - Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration. Sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion. Great thoughts are always general, and consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness.
Página 104 - It were injurious to omit, that Milton afterwards received her father and her brothers in his own house, when they were distressed, with other Royalists. He published about the same time his Areopagitica, a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of unlicensed Printing.
Página 437 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.