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_L HE Life of Cowley, notwithstanding the penury of English biography, has been
written by Dr. Sprat, an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature; but his zeal of ...
_L HE Life of Cowley, notwithstanding the penury of English biography, has been
written by Dr. Sprat, an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature; but his zeal of ...
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If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises ; if the
imagination is not always gratified,at least the powers of reflection and
comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious absur
dity has thrown ...
If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises ; if the
imagination is not always gratified,at least the powers of reflection and
comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious absur
dity has thrown ...
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how to distinguish, and how to commend, the qjiali- ties of his compaliionT~^ut,
when he wishes to make us weep, heforgets to weep himself, and diverts his
sorrow by imagining how his crown of bays, if he hajLit, would crackle in the fire.
how to distinguish, and how to commend, the qjiali- ties of his compaliionT~^ut,
when he wishes to make us weep, heforgets to weep himself, and diverts his
sorrow by imagining how his crown of bays, if he hajLit, would crackle in the fire.
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Sacred History has been always read with submissive reverence, and an
imagination overawed and controlled. We have been accustomed to acquiesce
in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative, and to repose on its
veracity ...
Sacred History has been always read with submissive reverence, and an
imagination overawed and controlled. We have been accustomed to acquiesce
in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative, and to repose on its
veracity ...
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... of mankind, that lived and acted with manners uncommunicable ; so that it is
difficult even for imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related
, and by con- sequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted, nor COWLEY
.
... of mankind, that lived and acted with manners uncommunicable ; so that it is
difficult even for imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related
, and by con- sequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted, nor COWLEY
.
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| Título | The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autores | Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy |
| Editor | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Procedencia del original | University of Minnesota |
| Digitalizado | 29 Ene 2010 |
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