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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone - Página 381
de James Boswell - 1821
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The Christian Journal, and Literary Register, Volumen 5

1821 - 400 páginas
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure •...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is •wrapped in 'a dress of humorous expression...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1823 - 440 páginas
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of...playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the amhiguity of their collections, sir, the desire of augmenting them grows stronger in proportion to...
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A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French, Volumen 6

Voltaire - 1824 - 524 páginas
...and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in feigning an apposite...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 páginas
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression :...
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Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq: Including a ..., Volumen 1

James Boaden - 1825 - 646 páginas
...multiform, that it " seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion " thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define " the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat al•• lusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a • • trivial saying, or in forging...
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Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq: Including a ..., Volumen 1

James Boaden - 1825 - 650 páginas
...multiform, that it "seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion "thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define "the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lietlrin pat al" lusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a " trivial saying, or in...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 444 páginas
...judgements, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression :...
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Literary gems [ed. by J.S.].

Literary gems - 1826 - 718 páginas
...portrait of Proteus, or to:defiae the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in that allosion to a known story, or in seasonable application of...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, Or the affinity of their sound : Sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression :...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volumen 16

1826 - 370 páginas
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an opposite...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volumen 16

1826 - 384 páginas
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it Moth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging...
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