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But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which
that knowledge requires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of
the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we ...
But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which
that knowledge requires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of
the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we ...
Pagina 47
When success seems attainable , diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted
that the faculties are suppressed by a cross wind , or a cloudy sky , the day is
given up without resistance ; for who can contend with the course of Nature ?
When success seems attainable , diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted
that the faculties are suppressed by a cross wind , or a cloudy sky , the day is
given up without resistance ; for who can contend with the course of Nature ?
Pagina 94
Wit , like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man , has its
changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the
beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be
termed the ...
Wit , like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man , has its
changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the
beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be
termed the ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Redacteur | Robert Montagu |
| Uitgever | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Lengte | 420 pagina's |
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