The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pagina's |
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Pagina 45
... Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophic dignity than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of Human ...
... Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophic dignity than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of Human ...
Pagina 52
... wish , that he had not ended it with an unnecessary Greek verse , translated also into an English couplet . It is too much like the conceit of those dramatic poets , who used to conclude each act with a rhyme ; and the expression in the ...
... wish , that he had not ended it with an unnecessary Greek verse , translated also into an English couplet . It is too much like the conceit of those dramatic poets , who used to conclude each act with a rhyme ; and the expression in the ...
Pagina 64
... wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vain queur de la terre ; -that I might obtain that regard for which I ... wishes even for literary distinction , stood thus : - " Yet think what ills the scholar's life assail , Toil , envy ...
... wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vain queur de la terre ; -that I might obtain that regard for which I ... wishes even for literary distinction , stood thus : - " Yet think what ills the scholar's life assail , Toil , envy ...
Pagina 71
... wish a further knowledge ; and I assure you once more , that to live in a house that contains such a father , and such a son , will be accounted a very uncommon degree of pleasure , by , dear sir . " Your most obliged , " And most ...
... wish a further knowledge ; and I assure you once more , that to live in a house that contains such a father , and such a son , will be accounted a very uncommon degree of pleasure , by , dear sir . " Your most obliged , " And most ...
Pagina 82
... has not been very successful . I shall publish about March . " If you can direct me how to send proposals , I should wish that they were in such hands . " I remember , sir , in some of the 82 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... has not been very successful . I shall publish about March . " If you can direct me how to send proposals , I should wish that they were in such hands . " I remember , sir , in some of the 82 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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