The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to ...
... language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to ...
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... language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' The above little verses also shew that superstitious bias which ' grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , ' and of late years particularly ...
... language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' The above little verses also shew that superstitious bias which ' grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , ' and of late years particularly ...
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... language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder- plot . To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " That the Muse had come to him in ...
... language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder- plot . To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " That the Muse had come to him in ...
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... language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from the pain which guilt [ namely , having omitted to read what he did not understand ] had given him , he now began to deduce the soul's immortality , [ a sensation of ...
... language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from the pain which guilt [ namely , having omitted to read what he did not understand ] had given him , he now began to deduce the soul's immortality , [ a sensation of ...
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... language of trans- lation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the ...
... language of trans- lation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the ...
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