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Pàgina xxii
... sufficiently evinces the temper of the author's mind . The resemblance , in some respects , betwixt the tenor of the moral and that of " Candide , " is striking , and Johnson himself admitted that if the authors could possibly have seen ...
... sufficiently evinces the temper of the author's mind . The resemblance , in some respects , betwixt the tenor of the moral and that of " Candide , " is striking , and Johnson himself admitted that if the authors could possibly have seen ...
Pàgina 2
... sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the par- liament , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a ...
... sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the par- liament , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a ...
Pàgina 19
... sufficiently observed : the few decisions and remarks , which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and show such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines ...
... sufficiently observed : the few decisions and remarks , which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and show such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines ...
Pàgina 20
... sufficiently indulgent : that confusion of images may entertain for a moment ; but , being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the ancients , he might ...
... sufficiently indulgent : that confusion of images may entertain for a moment ; but , being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the ancients , he might ...
Pàgina 24
... sufficient for the purposes of religion seems not only useless , but in some degree profane . Such events as were produced by the visible interposition of Divine Power are above the power of human genius to dignify . The miracle of ...
... sufficient for the purposes of religion seems not only useless , but in some degree profane . Such events as were produced by the visible interposition of Divine Power are above the power of human genius to dignify . The miracle of ...
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