The Reader's Johnson: A Representative Selection from His WritingsAmerican book Company, 1940 - 618 oldal |
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... give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality but must expect little intelligence , for ...
... give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality but must expect little intelligence , for ...
185. oldal
... give laws to their natural princes ? The same wind that carries them back would bring us thither . " " They are more powerful , sir , than we , " answered Imlac , " because they are wiser ; knowledge will always predominate over ...
... give laws to their natural princes ? The same wind that carries them back would bring us thither . " " They are more powerful , sir , than we , " answered Imlac , " because they are wiser ; knowledge will always predominate over ...
261. oldal
... give to a man of learning like you pleasures which ignorance and youth can hardly conceive . You know the qualities and the causes of all that you behold , the laws by which the river flows , the periods in which the planets perform ...
... give to a man of learning like you pleasures which ignorance and youth can hardly conceive . You know the qualities and the causes of all that you behold , the laws by which the river flows , the periods in which the planets perform ...
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Preface iii | 1 |
Bibliography | 59 |
Chronological Table | 65 |
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