The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... continued , when it conveys an offensive idea , or recalled again into the mouths of mankind , when it has once become un- familiar by disuse , and unpleasing by unfamiliarity ? There is another cause of alteration more pre- valent than ...
... continued , when it conveys an offensive idea , or recalled again into the mouths of mankind , when it has once become un- familiar by disuse , and unpleasing by unfamiliarity ? There is another cause of alteration more pre- valent than ...
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... continued to hover in the twilight . In the time of Queen Eliza- beth was the remarkable trial of the witches of War- bois , whose conviction is still commemorated in an an- nual sermon at Huntingdon . But in the reign of King James ...
... continued to hover in the twilight . In the time of Queen Eliza- beth was the remarkable trial of the witches of War- bois , whose conviction is still commemorated in an an- nual sermon at Huntingdon . But in the reign of King James ...
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... continued in manuscript : no other tran- scribers were likely to be so little qualified for their task as those who copied for the stage , at a time when the lower ranks of the people were univer- sally illiterate : no other editions ...
... continued in manuscript : no other tran- scribers were likely to be so little qualified for their task as those who copied for the stage , at a time when the lower ranks of the people were univer- sally illiterate : no other editions ...
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... continued by those , who , being able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox ; or those , who , being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expe- dients , are willing to hope from posterity what the ...
... continued by those , who , being able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox ; or those , who , being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expe- dients , are willing to hope from posterity what the ...
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... continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire , by what peculiari- ties of excellence Shakespeare has gained and kept the favour of his countrymen . Nothing can please many , and please ...
... continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire , by what peculiari- ties of excellence Shakespeare has gained and kept the favour of his countrymen . Nothing can please many , and please ...
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