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... necessary in this work , as the great Lexicographer only stands connected with the department of fictitious narrative by the brief tale of " Rasselas . " A few dates and facts may be shortly recalled , for the sake of uniformity of plan ...
... necessary in this work , as the great Lexicographer only stands connected with the department of fictitious narrative by the brief tale of " Rasselas . " A few dates and facts may be shortly recalled , for the sake of uniformity of plan ...
Pàgina xxi
... . Johnson , or could act more exactly in conformity with them , when the high rank of those with whom he was in company for the time required that he should put the necessary constraint upon himself . SAMUEL JOHNSON . xxi.
... . Johnson , or could act more exactly in conformity with them , when the high rank of those with whom he was in company for the time required that he should put the necessary constraint upon himself . SAMUEL JOHNSON . xxi.
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Samuel Johnson. that he should put the necessary constraint upon himself . But during the greater part of his life he had been in a great measure a stranger to the higher society in which such restraint is necessary ; and it may be ...
Samuel Johnson. that he should put the necessary constraint upon himself . But during the greater part of his life he had been in a great measure a stranger to the higher society in which such restraint is necessary ; and it may be ...
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... necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and as the predominance of a favourite study affects all subordinate operations of the intellect , botany in the mind of Cowley turned into poetry . He composed , in ...
... necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and as the predominance of a favourite study affects all subordinate operations of the intellect , botany in the mind of Cowley turned into poetry . He composed , in ...
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... necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary ...
... necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary ...
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