The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal consequences of such a passion . In the ...
... instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal consequences of such a passion . In the ...
Page 63
... instance , whether proprie is meant to signify in an appropriated manner , as Dr. Johnson here hesitation to give it for John Dryden , in preference ÆTAT . 67. ] 63 DR . JOHNSON . latter, from which he dissuades his countrymen, only ...
... instance , whether proprie is meant to signify in an appropriated manner , as Dr. Johnson here hesitation to give it for John Dryden , in preference ÆTAT . 67. ] 63 DR . JOHNSON . latter, from which he dissuades his countrymen, only ...
Page 64
... instance of a defect in perspicuity in an admirable writer , who , with almost every species of excellence , is peculiarly remarkable for that quality . The length of this note perhaps requires an apology . Many of my readers , I doubt ...
... instance of a defect in perspicuity in an admirable writer , who , with almost every species of excellence , is peculiarly remarkable for that quality . The length of this note perhaps requires an apology . Many of my readers , I doubt ...
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... instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence , I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he wrote so admirably . For instance , he ...
... instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence , I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he wrote so admirably . For instance , he ...
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... instances which evince the extraordinary promptitude of Mr. Burke ; who , while he is equal to the greatest things , can adorn the least ; can , with equal faci- lity , embrace the vast and complicated speculations of po- liticks , or ...
... instances which evince the extraordinary promptitude of Mr. Burke ; who , while he is equal to the greatest things , can adorn the least ; can , with equal faci- lity , embrace the vast and complicated speculations of po- liticks , or ...
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