The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 8Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... happy illustration from their writings , and in so luminous a manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemi- sphere . It is remarked by ...
... happy illustration from their writings , and in so luminous a manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemi- sphere . It is remarked by ...
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... happy sagacity to restore it to sense , is no easy task but when the discovery is made , then to cavil at the conjec- ture , to propose an equivalent , and defend nonsense , by producing out of the thick darkness it occasions a weak and ...
... happy sagacity to restore it to sense , is no easy task but when the discovery is made , then to cavil at the conjec- ture , to propose an equivalent , and defend nonsense , by producing out of the thick darkness it occasions a weak and ...
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... happy art of communicating his varied knowledge of the world , in short remarks and anecdotes , with a quiet pleasant gravity , that was exceedingly engaging . Never shall I forget the hours which I enjoyed with him at his apartments in ...
... happy art of communicating his varied knowledge of the world , in short remarks and anecdotes , with a quiet pleasant gravity , that was exceedingly engaging . Never shall I forget the hours which I enjoyed with him at his apartments in ...
Pàgina 28
... happy . In this wish , indeed , I include myself , who have none but you on whom my heart reposes ; yet surely I wish your good , even though your situation were such as should permit you to communicate no gratifications to , dearest ...
... happy . In this wish , indeed , I include myself , who have none but you on whom my heart reposes ; yet surely I wish your good , even though your situation were such as should permit you to communicate no gratifications to , dearest ...
Pàgina 29
... happy , that one might have thought he would have been satisfied with it ; but he was not . And setting his mind again to work , he added , with exquisite ( 1 ) Afterwards Sir Herbert Croft , bart . He died at Paris , April 27. 1816 ...
... happy , that one might have thought he would have been satisfied with it ; but he was not . And setting his mind again to work , he added , with exquisite ( 1 ) Afterwards Sir Herbert Croft , bart . He died at Paris , April 27. 1816 ...
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