The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 69
... mean is , that you can show me no passage where there is simply a description of material objects , without any intermixture of moral notions " , which produces such an effect . " Mr. Murphy 66 The passage alluded to occurs in act ii ...
... mean is , that you can show me no passage where there is simply a description of material objects , without any intermixture of moral notions " , which produces such an effect . " Mr. Murphy 66 The passage alluded to occurs in act ii ...
Page 72
... mean that he has taught us any thing ; but he has told us old things in a new way . " MURPHY . " He seems to have read a great deal of French criticism , and wants to make it his own ; as if he had been for years anatomising the heart ...
... mean that he has taught us any thing ; but he has told us old things in a new way . " MURPHY . " He seems to have read a great deal of French criticism , and wants to make it his own ; as if he had been for years anatomising the heart ...
Page 96
... mean- ing a corrupt and shameful dependence , ) was very salu- tary , nay , even necessary , in our mixed government . For , ' said he , if the members were under no crown in- fluence , and disqualified from receiving any gratification ...
... mean- ing a corrupt and shameful dependence , ) was very salu- tary , nay , even necessary , in our mixed government . For , ' said he , if the members were under no crown in- fluence , and disqualified from receiving any gratification ...
Page 101
... means morose and cynical , and never blunted the lauda- ble sensibilities of his character , or exempted him from the influence of the tender passions . Want of tenderness , he always alleged , was want of parts ; and was no less a ...
... means morose and cynical , and never blunted the lauda- ble sensibilities of his character , or exempted him from the influence of the tender passions . Want of tenderness , he always alleged , was want of parts ; and was no less a ...
Page 108
... mean little cantons , or petty republics . Where a great proportion of the people , ' said he , are suffered to ... means they can do it ? ' $ 6 • It being mentioned , that Garrick assisted Dr. Browne , the author of The Estimate , in ...
... mean little cantons , or petty republics . Where a great proportion of the people , ' said he , are suffered to ... means they can do it ? ' $ 6 • It being mentioned , that Garrick assisted Dr. Browne , the author of The Estimate , in ...
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