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Page 7
Having prayed , I purpose to employ the next six weeks upon the Italian language
for my settled study . " & Med . How venerably pious does he appear in these
moments of solitude ! and how spirited are his resolutions for the improvement of
...
Having prayed , I purpose to employ the next six weeks upon the Italian language
for my settled study . " & Med . How venerably pious does he appear in these
moments of solitude ! and how spirited are his resolutions for the improvement of
...
Page 64
Certainly he did , ” answers Dr. Johnson again ; * This prompt and sarcastic retort
may not unaptly be compared with Sir Henry Wotton's celebrated answer to a
priest in Italy , who asked him “ Where was your religion to be found before
Luther ...
Certainly he did , ” answers Dr. Johnson again ; * This prompt and sarcastic retort
may not unaptly be compared with Sir Henry Wotton's celebrated answer to a
priest in Italy , who asked him “ Where was your religion to be found before
Luther ...
Page 76
Gravina , an Italian critick , observes , that every man desires to see that of which
he has read ; but no man desires to read an account of what he has seen : so
much does description fall short of reality . Description only excites curiosity ...
Gravina , an Italian critick , observes , that every man desires to see that of which
he has read ; but no man desires to read an account of what he has seen : so
much does description fall short of reality . Description only excites curiosity ...
Page 77
The real author of the work , which was in fact originally written in Italian , was
I. P. Marana , a Genoese , who died at Paris in 1693. John Dunton , in his life ,
says , that “ Mr. William Bradshaw received from Dr. Midgeley forty shillings a
sheet ...
The real author of the work , which was in fact originally written in Italian , was
I. P. Marana , a Genoese , who died at Paris in 1693. John Dunton , in his life ,
says , that “ Mr. William Bradshaw received from Dr. Midgeley forty shillings a
sheet ...
Page 151
Ramsay has recovered his limbs in Italy ; and Fielding was sent to Lisbon , where
, indeed , he died ; but he was , I believe , past hope when he went . Think for me
what I can do . “ I received your pamphlet , and when I write again may perhaps ...
Ramsay has recovered his limbs in Italy ; and Fielding was sent to Lisbon , where
, indeed , he died ; but he was , I believe , past hope when he went . Think for me
what I can do . “ I received your pamphlet , and when I write again may perhaps ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 5 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, John Wilson Croker |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | John Wilson Croker |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2016 |
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