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Pagina 5
... or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that
time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of having
consulted on this great occasion the Virgilian Lots , and to have given some
credit ...
... or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that
time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of having
consulted on this great occasion the Virgilian Lots , and to have given some
credit ...
Pagina 12
... wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising , they had no
regard to that uniformity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite
the pains and the pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what , on any
occasion ...
... wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising , they had no
regard to that uniformity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite
the pains and the pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what , on any
occasion ...
Pagina 50
He appears to have had , in common with almost all mankind , the ambition of
being upon proper occasion a merry fellow , and in common with most of them to
have been by nature , or by early habits , debarred from it 50 DENHAM .
He appears to have had , in common with almost all mankind , the ambition of
being upon proper occasion a merry fellow , and in common with most of them to
have been by nature , or by early habits , debarred from it 50 DENHAM .
Pagina 69
... occasion of his adversaries calling him pedagogue and schoolmaster ;
whereas it is well known he never set up for a public school , to teach all the
young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and knowledge
to his ...
... occasion of his adversaries calling him pedagogue and schoolmaster ;
whereas it is well known he never set up for a public school , to teach all the
young fry of a parish ; but only was willing to impart his learning and knowledge
to his ...
Pagina 110
He saw Nature , as Dryden expresses it , “ through the spectacles of books ; " and
on most occasions calls learning to ... excellence is amplitude ; and he expands
the adventitious image beyond the dimensions which the occasion required .
He saw Nature , as Dryden expresses it , “ through the spectacles of books ; " and
on most occasions calls learning to ... excellence is amplitude ; and he expands
the adventitious image beyond the dimensions which the occasion required .
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| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1 Volumes 418-419 van Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 van Tauchnitz edition. Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Johnson Volume 1 van The lives of the english poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Johnson |
| Uitgever | Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Universiteit Gent |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 16 juni 2008 |
| Lengte | 4 pagina's |
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