The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 oldal |
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... subject of the work . He ap- pears to be a worthy , and often a well - in- formed man , but he possesses neither ani- mation nor correctness , expanfion of in- tellect , nor elegance of taste . He writes without much feeling or ...
... subject of the work . He ap- pears to be a worthy , and often a well - in- formed man , but he possesses neither ani- mation nor correctness , expanfion of in- tellect , nor elegance of taste . He writes without much feeling or ...
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... subject of ridicule in various different forms and publications , by men of fuper- ficial understanding , and ludicrous fancy . Many have supposed him to be a mere re- later of the fayings of others ; but he pof- sessed confiderable ...
... subject of ridicule in various different forms and publications , by men of fuper- ficial understanding , and ludicrous fancy . Many have supposed him to be a mere re- later of the fayings of others ; but he pof- sessed confiderable ...
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... subject to a morbid melancholy . He was a zealous high - church - man and Jacobite ; though he reconciled himself by cafuifti- cal arguments of expediency and neceffity , to take the oaths imposed by the prevail- ing power . He was a ...
... subject to a morbid melancholy . He was a zealous high - church - man and Jacobite ; though he reconciled himself by cafuifti- cal arguments of expediency and neceffity , to take the oaths imposed by the prevail- ing power . He was a ...
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... subjects as politics ; he 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 ...
... subjects as politics ; he 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 ...
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... subject , a proof of his fa- nity . It is a common effect of melan- choly to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are actually fuffering those evils which happen to be most strongly presented to [ 24 ]
... subject , a proof of his fa- nity . It is a common effect of melan- choly to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are actually fuffering those evils which happen to be most strongly presented to [ 24 ]
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