The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 oldal |
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... should be without attestations of these miracles of early genius , which are believed by some to be as necessary to the attainment of future pre - eminence , as that fruits should be preceded by the blossom . Among other stories of his ...
... should be without attestations of these miracles of early genius , which are believed by some to be as necessary to the attainment of future pre - eminence , as that fruits should be preceded by the blossom . Among other stories of his ...
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... should a child of three years old make regular verses , and in alternate rhyme ? The internal evidence is fufficient to counterbalance any teftimony that these verses could be the production of a child of fuch an early age . But ...
... should a child of three years old make regular verses , and in alternate rhyme ? The internal evidence is fufficient to counterbalance any teftimony that these verses could be the production of a child of fuch an early age . But ...
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... should confine himself to humbler themes ; " but the verfification was truly Virgilian . Having given fuch a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jor- den to translate Pope's Messiah into Latin hexameter verse , as a ...
... should confine himself to humbler themes ; " but the verfification was truly Virgilian . Having given fuch a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jor- den to translate Pope's Messiah into Latin hexameter verse , as a ...
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... should have supposed himself approach- ing to infanity , at the very time when he was giving proofs of a more than ordinary foundness and vigour of judgment , is less strange than that Mr. Bofwell should con- fider the vigour of fancy ...
... should have supposed himself approach- ing to infanity , at the very time when he was giving proofs of a more than ordinary foundness and vigour of judgment , is less strange than that Mr. Bofwell should con- fider the vigour of fancy ...
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... instance , I read the chapter on theft , which , from infancy , I had been taught was wrong , I was no more convinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accef fion of knowledge . A boy should be in- troduced [ 26 ]
... instance , I read the chapter on theft , which , from infancy , I had been taught was wrong , I was no more convinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accef fion of knowledge . A boy should be in- troduced [ 26 ]
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