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Pagina 66
... excellent man more than thirty years . I thought it an honour to be so connected , and to this hour I reflect on his loss with regret : but regret , I know , has secret bribes , by which the judgment may be influenced , and partial ...
... excellent man more than thirty years . I thought it an honour to be so connected , and to this hour I reflect on his loss with regret : but regret , I know , has secret bribes , by which the judgment may be influenced , and partial ...
Pagina 72
... excellent man . Sir John had a root of bitterness that put rancours in the vessel of his peace . " Fielding , " he says , 66 was the inventor of a cant phrase , Goodness of heart , which means little more than the virtue of a horse or a ...
... excellent man . Sir John had a root of bitterness that put rancours in the vessel of his peace . " Fielding , " he says , 66 was the inventor of a cant phrase , Goodness of heart , which means little more than the virtue of a horse or a ...
Pagina 73
... excellent man . Johnson was born a logician ; one of those to whom only books of logic are said to be of use . In conse- quence of his skill in that art , he loved argumentation . No man thought more profoundly , nor with such acute ...
... excellent man . Johnson was born a logician ; one of those to whom only books of logic are said to be of use . In conse- quence of his skill in that art , he loved argumentation . No man thought more profoundly , nor with such acute ...
Pagina 93
... juxtaposition , the following admirable para- graph ; the conclusion of which is alike excellent for its imagery and sublimity : — " As the personages of Shakspeare act upon principles arising ( 1 ) Rasselas , chap . 43 . DRAKE . 93.
... juxtaposition , the following admirable para- graph ; the conclusion of which is alike excellent for its imagery and sublimity : — " As the personages of Shakspeare act upon principles arising ( 1 ) Rasselas , chap . 43 . DRAKE . 93.
Pagina 95
... plainness ; but which , though totally stripped of the decorations of art , pos- sesses a native dignity , approaching to that which we receive from our most excellent liturgy . PART XXXII . ANECDOTES , OPINIONS , AND REMARKS , DRAKE . 95.
... plainness ; but which , though totally stripped of the decorations of art , pos- sesses a native dignity , approaching to that which we receive from our most excellent liturgy . PART XXXII . ANECDOTES , OPINIONS , AND REMARKS , DRAKE . 95.
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