The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1J. Murray, 1839 |
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Pagina 6
... believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgment ...
... believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgment ...
Pagina 15
... believe , who have , or think they have , a very small share of vanity . Such may speak of their literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the ...
... believe , who have , or think they have , a very small share of vanity . Such may speak of their literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the ...
Pagina 41
... believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say ...
... believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say ...
Pagina 72
... believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of ...
... believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of ...
Pagina 91
... believe in every other trans- lation , there is in the work itself no vestige of the translator's own style ( 2 ) ; for the language of trans- lation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and ...
... believe in every other trans- lation , there is in the work itself no vestige of the translator's own style ( 2 ) ; for the language of trans- lation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and ...
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