The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 oldal |
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... fhould at more mature years become diftinguished for excellence , it is hoped that we may believe wonders of the child , because we have feen greatness in the man , Hence , in our fondness for the marvellous , the traditions of the nur ...
... fhould at more mature years become diftinguished for excellence , it is hoped that we may believe wonders of the child , because we have feen greatness in the man , Hence , in our fondness for the marvellous , the traditions of the nur ...
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... fhould a child of three years old make regular verfes , and in alternate rhyme ? The internal evidence is fufficient to counterbalance any teftimony that these verfes could be the production of a child of fuch an early age . But ...
... fhould a child of three years old make regular verfes , and in alternate rhyme ? The internal evidence is fufficient to counterbalance any teftimony that these verfes could be the production of a child of fuch an early age . But ...
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... fhould confine himself to humbler themes ; " but the verfification was truly Virgilian . Having given fuch a fpecimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jor- den to translate Pope's Meffiab into Latin hexameter verse , as a ...
... fhould confine himself to humbler themes ; " but the verfification was truly Virgilian . Having given fuch a fpecimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jor- den to translate Pope's Meffiab into Latin hexameter verse , as a ...
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... , 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 ; fo there was no accef- fion of knowledge . A boy fhould be in- troduced [ 26 ]
... , 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 ; fo there was no accef- fion of knowledge . A boy fhould be in- troduced [ 26 ]
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With Critical Observations on His Works Robert Anderson. fion of knowledge . A boy fhould be in- troduced to fuch books by having his at- tention directed to the arrangement , to the ftyle , and other excellencies of compofi- tion , that ...
With Critical Observations on His Works Robert Anderson. fion of knowledge . A boy fhould be in- troduced to fuch books by having his at- tention directed to the arrangement , to the ftyle , and other excellencies of compofi- tion , that ...
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