The Life of Samuel JohnsonModern Library, 1965 - 559 pagina's |
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Pagina 91
... death , which is more formidable at the first glance , than on a nearer and more steady view . A violent death is never very pain- ful ; the only danger is lest it should be unprovided . But if a man can be supposed to make no provision ...
... death , which is more formidable at the first glance , than on a nearer and more steady view . A violent death is never very pain- ful ; the only danger is lest it should be unprovided . But if a man can be supposed to make no provision ...
Pagina 92
... death ; yet his death is borne with patience only because the cause of his untimely end is silent and invisible . Let us en- deavour to see things as they are , and then enquire whether we ought to complain . Whether to see life as it ...
... death ; yet his death is borne with patience only because the cause of his untimely end is silent and invisible . Let us en- deavour to see things as they are , and then enquire whether we ought to complain . Whether to see life as it ...
Pagina 347
... death , but of ap- plause , or something else , which keeps death out of their sight : so that all men are equally afraid of death when they see it ; only some have a power of turning their sight away from it bet- ter than others . ' On ...
... death , but of ap- plause , or something else , which keeps death out of their sight : so that all men are equally afraid of death when they see it ; only some have a power of turning their sight away from it bet- ter than others . ' On ...
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