Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 - 1384 strani |
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... human life , under the figure of ascending the mountain of Existence . The Bishop of Dromore heard Dr. Johnson say , that he thought this was the best thing he ever wrote . 1749 ÆTAT . 40 . ] - IN January , 1749 , he published The ...
... human life , under the figure of ascending the mountain of Existence . The Bishop of Dromore heard Dr. Johnson say , that he thought this was the best thing he ever wrote . 1749 ÆTAT . 40 . ] - IN January , 1749 , he published The ...
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... Human Wishes has less of common life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his London . More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of London , than with the profound reflection of The Vanity of Human Wishes ...
... Human Wishes has less of common life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his London . More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of London , than with the profound reflection of The Vanity of Human Wishes ...
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... Human Wishes is , in the opinion of the best judges , as high an effort of ethick poetry as any language can shew . The instances of variety of disappointment are chosen so judiciously and painted so strongly , that , the moment they ...
... Human Wishes is , in the opinion of the best judges , as high an effort of ethick poetry as any language can shew . The instances of variety of disappointment are chosen so judiciously and painted so strongly , that , the moment they ...
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... human nature , and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue ; ' and Nos . 44 and 100 by Mrs. Elizabeth Carter . Posterity will be astonished when they are told , upon the authority of Johnson himself , that many of these ...
... human nature , and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue ; ' and Nos . 44 and 100 by Mrs. Elizabeth Carter . Posterity will be astonished when they are told , upon the authority of Johnson himself , that many of these ...
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... human existence , and that he has , at the same time , with a generous benevolence displayed every con- solation which our state affords us ; not only those arising from the hopes of futurity , but such as may be attained in the ...
... human existence , and that he has , at the same time , with a generous benevolence displayed every con- solation which our state affords us ; not only those arising from the hopes of futurity , but such as may be attained in the ...
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