The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pagina's |
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Pagina 19
... wonder , therefore , that he did not keep his academy above a year and a half . From Mr. Garrick's account he did not appear to have been profoundly reverenced by his pupils . His oddities of manner and uncouth gesticulations could not ...
... wonder , therefore , that he did not keep his academy above a year and a half . From Mr. Garrick's account he did not appear to have been profoundly reverenced by his pupils . His oddities of manner and uncouth gesticulations could not ...
Pagina 71
... wonder so stupendous a work achieved by one man , while other countries had thought such un- dertakings fit only for whole academies . Vast as his powers were , I cannot but think that his imagination deceived him , when he sup- posed ...
... wonder so stupendous a work achieved by one man , while other countries had thought such un- dertakings fit only for whole academies . Vast as his powers were , I cannot but think that his imagination deceived him , when he sup- posed ...
Pagina 74
... wonder the vigorous and splendid thoughts which so highly distinguish that performance . " I , " says he , " may surely be contented without the praise of perfection , which if I could obtain in this gloom of solitude , what would it ...
... wonder the vigorous and splendid thoughts which so highly distinguish that performance . " I , " says he , " may surely be contented without the praise of perfection , which if I could obtain in this gloom of solitude , what would it ...
Pagina 83
... wonder , how rarely that native union is afterwards regarded . It sometimes , indeed , happens , that some super- venient cause of discord may overpower this original amity ; but it seems to me more frequently thrown away with levity ...
... wonder , how rarely that native union is afterwards regarded . It sometimes , indeed , happens , that some super- venient cause of discord may overpower this original amity ; but it seems to me more frequently thrown away with levity ...
Pagina 89
... wonder at the very low price which he was content to receive for this admirable performance ; which , though he had written nothing else , would have rendered his name immortal in the world of literature . None of his writings have been ...
... wonder at the very low price which he was content to receive for this admirable performance ; which , though he had written nothing else , would have rendered his name immortal in the world of literature . None of his writings have been ...
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