The Life of Samuel JohnsonJ. M. Dent, 1907 - 1172 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... learned men abroad are in the Universities . It is not so with us . Our Universities are im- poverished of learning , by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a thousand a year. 1 Dr. Adam Smith , who was for ...
... learned men abroad are in the Universities . It is not so with us . Our Universities are im- poverished of learning , by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a thousand a year. 1 Dr. Adam Smith , who was for ...
Pagina 18
... learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and therefore would sometimes in conversation maintain opinions which he was sensible were wrong , but in supporting which ...
... learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and therefore would sometimes in conversation maintain opinions which he was sensible were wrong , but in supporting which ...
Pagina 28
... learned note on this passage of Aristotle , by Mr. Twining , in his admirable translation of the Poeticks , in which the various explanations of other criticks are con- sidered , and in which Dr. Moor's Essay is particularly discussed ...
... learned note on this passage of Aristotle , by Mr. Twining , in his admirable translation of the Poeticks , in which the various explanations of other criticks are con- sidered , and in which Dr. Moor's Essay is particularly discussed ...
Pagina 53
... learned Baxter in his edition of Horace , " Difficile est propriè communia dicere , h . e . res vulgares disertis verbis enarrare , vel humile thema cum dignitate tractare . Difficile est communes res propriis explicare verbis . Vet ...
... learned Baxter in his edition of Horace , " Difficile est propriè communia dicere , h . e . res vulgares disertis verbis enarrare , vel humile thema cum dignitate tractare . Difficile est communes res propriis explicare verbis . Vet ...
Pagina 59
... learned man was a native , is not the language fit for his epitaph , which should be in ancient and permanent language . Consider , Sir , how you should feel , were you to find at Rotterdam an epitaph upon Erasmus in Dutch ! " - For my ...
... learned man was a native , is not the language fit for his epitaph , which should be in ancient and permanent language . Consider , Sir , how you should feel , were you to find at Rotterdam an epitaph upon Erasmus in Dutch ! " - For my ...
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