The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 37
... reason than quick sensibility . Upon all occasions that were presented , he studied rather than felt ; and produced sentiments not such as nature en- forces , but meditation supplies . With the simple and elemental passions , as they ...
... reason than quick sensibility . Upon all occasions that were presented , he studied rather than felt ; and produced sentiments not such as nature en- forces , but meditation supplies . With the simple and elemental passions , as they ...
Page 39
... reason to be offended with . As it is , I think myself obliged to him in thus setting before the publick so many of my notes , with his remarks upon them : for though I have no great opinion of the trifling part of the publick , which ...
... reason to be offended with . As it is , I think myself obliged to him in thus setting before the publick so many of my notes , with his remarks upon them : for though I have no great opinion of the trifling part of the publick , which ...
Page 46
... reason for this . ' If nothing but the bright side of charac- ters should be shown , we should sit down in despondency , and think it utterly impossible to imitate them in any thing . The sacred writers , ' he observed , ' related the ...
... reason for this . ' If nothing but the bright side of charac- ters should be shown , we should sit down in despondency , and think it utterly impossible to imitate them in any thing . The sacred writers , ' he observed , ' related the ...
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... reason , " such as Mr. Cumberland has described , with a keen yet just and delicate pen , in his Observer . These minute inconveniencies gave not the least disturbance to Johnson . He nobly said , when I talked to him of the feeble ...
... reason , " such as Mr. Cumberland has described , with a keen yet just and delicate pen , in his Observer . These minute inconveniencies gave not the least disturbance to Johnson . He nobly said , when I talked to him of the feeble ...
Page 61
... reason for writing , will be too apparent by the uselessness of my letter to any other pur- pose . I have no questions to ask : not that I want curi- osity after either the ancient or present state of regions in which have been seen all ...
... reason for writing , will be too apparent by the uselessness of my letter to any other pur- pose . I have no questions to ask : not that I want curi- osity after either the ancient or present state of regions in which have been seen all ...
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