The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 oldal |
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... powers , for which he has not had fufficient credit . It is manifeft to every reader of any difcern- ment , that he could never have collected fuch a mass of information , and just ob- fervations on human life , as his very valuable ...
... powers , for which he has not had fufficient credit . It is manifeft to every reader of any difcern- ment , that he could never have collected fuch a mass of information , and just ob- fervations on human life , as his very valuable ...
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... power . He was a pretty good Latin scholar , and being a man of good fenfe and skill in his trade , he acquired a rea- fonable share of wealth , of which he after- wards loft the greatest part , by engaging , unfuccefsfully , in the ...
... power . He was a pretty good Latin scholar , and being a man of good fenfe and skill in his trade , he acquired a rea- fonable share of wealth , of which he after- wards loft the greatest part , by engaging , unfuccefsfully , in the ...
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... powers alone ; but they who remember what boys are , and who confider that Johnson's corporeal prowefs was by no means despicable , will be apt to suspect that the homage was enforced , at least as much by awe of the one , as by admira ...
... powers alone ; but they who remember what boys are , and who confider that Johnson's corporeal prowefs was by no means despicable , will be apt to suspect that the homage was enforced , at least as much by awe of the one , as by admira ...
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... powers , he was asked by Mr. Jor- den to translate Pope's Meffiab into Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidi- ty , and in fo masterly a manner , that he obtained great applaufe from it ...
... powers , he was asked by Mr. Jor- den to translate Pope's Meffiab into Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidi- ty , and in fo masterly a manner , that he obtained great applaufe from it ...
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... The imagination seizes the rein , and till the force of the idea is leffened from habit , the ufual powers are fufpended . But this is not madness ; for ftrong impreffions of various kinds , will , in different minds , pro [ 25 ]
... The imagination seizes the rein , and till the force of the idea is leffened from habit , the ufual powers are fufpended . But this is not madness ; for ftrong impreffions of various kinds , will , in different minds , pro [ 25 ]
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