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We are taught by the great Roman orator, that every man should propose to
himself the highest degree of excellence, but that he may stop with honour at the
second or third : though therefore my performance should fall below the
excellence ...
We are taught by the great Roman orator, that every man should propose to
himself the highest degree of excellence, but that he may stop with honour at the
second or third : though therefore my performance should fall below the
excellence ...
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That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due
only to excellence are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always
continued by those, who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence
from the ...
That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due
only to excellence are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always
continued by those, who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence
from the ...
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Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy. past than present
excellence ; and the mind contemplates genius through the shades of age, as the
eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity. The great contention of criticism is
to find ...
Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy. past than present
excellence ; and the mind contemplates genius through the shades of age, as the
eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity. The great contention of criticism is
to find ...
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Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters
, by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity, as the writers of
barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that
should ...
Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters
, by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity, as the writers of
barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that
should ...
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The writer allows, that the first excellence of a bridge is undoubtedly strength : but
this concession affords him an opportunity of telling us, that strength, or provision
against decay, has its limits; and of mentioning the Monument and Cupola, ...
The writer allows, that the first excellence of a bridge is undoubtedly strength : but
this concession affords him an opportunity of telling us, that strength, or provision
against decay, has its limits; and of mentioning the Monument and Cupola, ...
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| Título | The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10 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 | 4 Feb 2010 |
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