The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 páginas |
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... love match on both fides ; " and , judging from the defcription of their perfons , we muft fuppofe that the paffion was not in- spired by the beauties of form , or graces • of manner , but by a mutual admiration of [ 40 ]
... love match on both fides ; " and , judging from the defcription of their perfons , we muft fuppofe that the paffion was not in- spired by the beauties of form , or graces • of manner , but by a mutual admiration of [ 40 ]
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... beauties , moft humble fteps , and least adorned guise . He observes of Shen- ftone , that he fet little value upon those parts of knowledge which he had not cul- tivated himself . His own tafte of poetry feems in fome degree regulated ...
... beauties , moft humble fteps , and least adorned guise . He observes of Shen- ftone , that he fet little value upon those parts of knowledge which he had not cul- tivated himself . His own tafte of poetry feems in fome degree regulated ...
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... beauties of creation , can feel no emotions , as they are reflected to him in description . Accustomed to dogmatize in his closet , and fwelter in fome alley in the city , Johnson's mind never throbbed with poetic thrills , as nature ...
... beauties of creation , can feel no emotions , as they are reflected to him in description . Accustomed to dogmatize in his closet , and fwelter in fome alley in the city , Johnson's mind never throbbed with poetic thrills , as nature ...
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... beauties are paffed over with the neutrality of a stranger , and the coldness of a critic , ” the flighteft blemish is examined with micro- scopical fagacity . The truth of this ob- fervation is particularly obvious , when he defcends ...
... beauties are paffed over with the neutrality of a stranger , and the coldness of a critic , ” the flighteft blemish is examined with micro- scopical fagacity . The truth of this ob- fervation is particularly obvious , when he defcends ...
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... beauties in the work ; and there is no doubt that great beauties do exift there . The language enchants us with harmony ; the arguments are acute and ingenious ; the reflections novel , yet juft . It aftonishes with the fublimity of its ...
... beauties in the work ; and there is no doubt that great beauties do exift there . The language enchants us with harmony ; the arguments are acute and ingenious ; the reflections novel , yet juft . It aftonishes with the fublimity of its ...
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