Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran 16
... Voltaire's Candide , written to refute the system of Optimism , which it has accom- plished with brilliant success , is wonderfully similar in its plan and conduct to Johnson's Rasselas ; inso- much , that I have heard Johnson say ...
... Voltaire's Candide , written to refute the system of Optimism , which it has accom- plished with brilliant success , is wonderfully similar in its plan and conduct to Johnson's Rasselas ; inso- much , that I have heard Johnson say ...
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... Voltaire , I am afraid , meant only by wanton profaneness to obtain a sportive victory over religion , and to discredit the belief of a superintending Provi- dence : Johnson meant , by showing the unsatisfactory nature of things ...
... Voltaire , I am afraid , meant only by wanton profaneness to obtain a sportive victory over religion , and to discredit the belief of a superintending Provi- dence : Johnson meant , by showing the unsatisfactory nature of things ...
Stran 19
... Voltaire's con- clusion , ' Apres tout , c'est un monde passable . ' But we must not think too deeply ; ' where ignorance is bliss , " Tis folly to be wise , ' is , in many respects , more than poetically just . Let us cultivate , under ...
... Voltaire's con- clusion , ' Apres tout , c'est un monde passable . ' But we must not think too deeply ; ' where ignorance is bliss , " Tis folly to be wise , ' is , in many respects , more than poetically just . Let us cultivate , under ...
Stran 98
... poor stuff . He writes just as you would suppose Voltaire's footboy to do , who has been his amanuensis . He has such parts as the valet might have , and about as much of the colouring of 98 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1763.
... poor stuff . He writes just as you would suppose Voltaire's footboy to do , who has been his amanuensis . He has such parts as the valet might have , and about as much of the colouring of 98 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1763.
Stran 99
... Voltaire , in order to reconcile him somewhat to Johnson , whom he , in affecting the English mode of expression , had pre- viously characterised as a superstitious dog ' ; but after hearing such a criticism on Frederick the Great ...
... Voltaire , in order to reconcile him somewhat to Johnson , whom he , in affecting the English mode of expression , had pre- viously characterised as a superstitious dog ' ; but after hearing such a criticism on Frederick the Great ...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson (Volume 1 of 3) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) James Boswell Omejen predogled - 1962 |
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