The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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Pagina 16
... expression , no sally of genius , no wit is conveyed to the mind . All this must be by allusion to other ideas . " Sir , " said Johnson , " you talk of language , as if you had never done anything else but study it , instead of ...
... expression , no sally of genius , no wit is conveyed to the mind . All this must be by allusion to other ideas . " Sir , " said Johnson , " you talk of language , as if you had never done anything else but study it , instead of ...
Pagina 21
... expressed , and has done effectually what it professed to do , namely , vindicated Shakspeare from the misrepre sentations of Voltaire ; and considering how many young people were misled by his witty , though false observations , Mrs ...
... expressed , and has done effectually what it professed to do , namely , vindicated Shakspeare from the misrepre sentations of Voltaire ; and considering how many young people were misled by his witty , though false observations , Mrs ...
Pagina 27
... expressed in natural and pleasing terms . With regard to my own notions of moral sirtue , " continued he , " I hope I have not lost my sensibility of wrong ; but I hope likewise that I have lived long enough in the world , to prevent me ...
... expressed in natural and pleasing terms . With regard to my own notions of moral sirtue , " continued he , " I hope I have not lost my sensibility of wrong ; but I hope likewise that I have lived long enough in the world , to prevent me ...
Pagina 37
... expressed himself in a way that alarmed and distressed me ; showed an impatience that I should leave him , and when I was going away , called to me sternly , " Don't let us meet to - morrow . " I went home exceedingly uneasy . All the ...
... expressed himself in a way that alarmed and distressed me ; showed an impatience that I should leave him , and when I was going away , called to me sternly , " Don't let us meet to - morrow . " I went home exceedingly uneasy . All the ...
Pagina 59
... , I have no doubt that Johnson substituted some word for infidel m the second stanza , to avoid the disagreeable repetition of the same expression —MALONE . No doubt Gibbon . CHAPTER IV . 1771 . ́ ́Thoughts on the late Transactions.
... , I have no doubt that Johnson substituted some word for infidel m the second stanza , to avoid the disagreeable repetition of the same expression —MALONE . No doubt Gibbon . CHAPTER IV . 1771 . ́ ́Thoughts on the late Transactions.
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