The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character ...
... imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character ...
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... 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 together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found ...
... 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 together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found ...
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... imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be the worse for being true . The bay - leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not ...
... imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be the worse for being true . The bay - leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not ...
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... imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic nar- rative , and to repose on its veracity with such humble confidence as suppresses curiosity . We go with the ...
... imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic nar- rative , and to repose on its veracity with such humble confidence as suppresses curiosity . We go with the ...
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... 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- 4 sequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted COWLEY . 55.
... 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- 4 sequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted COWLEY . 55.
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