The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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James Boswell. of imagination , and force of language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder plot . To apologize for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common ...
James Boswell. of imagination , and force of language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder plot . To apologize for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common ...
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... language of De Staël , Johnson's otherwise powerful mind was always and entirely enslaved . — Ed . suppositions ; so that when the vapours were dispelled , D 2 ÆTAT . 20. ] 1 . DR . JOHNSON . 35 that state of his own case, which showed ...
... language of De Staël , Johnson's otherwise powerful mind was always and entirely enslaved . — Ed . suppositions ; so that when the vapours were dispelled , D 2 ÆTAT . 20. ] 1 . DR . JOHNSON . 35 that state of his own case, which showed ...
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... language that contained the information he most wished ; 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 pain ...
... language that contained the information he most wished ; 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 pain ...
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... language of translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly fol- lows 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 translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly fol- lows 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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... language ; no Chinese perfectly polite , and completely skilled in all sciences : he will discover , what will always be discovered by a diligent and impartial inquirer , that wherever human nature is to be found , there is a mixture of ...
... language ; no Chinese perfectly polite , and completely skilled in all sciences : he will discover , what will always be discovered by a diligent and impartial inquirer , that wherever human nature is to be found , there is a mixture of ...
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