The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or blessed with spontaneous fecundity; no perpetual gloom, or unceasing sunshine; nor are the nations here described either devoid of all sense of humanity, or consummate in all... Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765 - Stran 88avtor: James Boswell - 1887Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| James Boswell - 1907 - 712 strani
...without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. "The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or blest with spontaneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom, or unceasing sunshine ; nor are the nations... | |
| James Boswell - 1907 - 626 strani
...with irremediable barreni blest with spontaneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom, or unceasing sunshir are the nations here described either devoid of all sense of humanity, or consv in all private or social virtues. Here are no Hottentots without religious p articulate language... | |
| Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1913 - 580 strani
...we fail to find the qualities of his own style. But they are unmistakable in such a passage as this: The Reader will here find no Regions cursed with irremediable Barrenness, or bless'd with Spontaneous Fecundity, no perpetual Gloom or unceasing 1 Sunshine ; nor are the Nations... | |
| Roy Bennett Pace - 1918 - 986 strani
...clause will illustrate its two chief characteristics — balanced structure, and large, learned words: " The reader, will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness or blest with spontaneous fecundity." a year and a half before failing utterly. Then came the memorable... | |
| Roy Bennett Pace - 1918 - 428 strani
...clause will illustrate its two chief characteristics — balanced structure, and large, learned words: " The reader, will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness or blest with spontaneous fecundity." Marriage and Trip to London. — Johnson married in 1735 Mrs. Porter,... | |
| James Boswell - 1922 - 368 strani
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| James Boswell - 1922 - 562 strani
...without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. “The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or blest with spontaneous fecundity; no perpetual gloom, or unceasing sunshine; nor are the nations here... | |
| Edmund Gosse - 1923 - 440 strani
...style, though not, as has been carelessly stated, in his more pompous manner. We give an example of it: "The reader will here find no regions cursed with...all sense of humanity, or consummate in all private and social virtues. Here are no Hottentots without religion, policy or articulate language, no Chinese... | |
| Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1913 - 594 strani
...we fail to find the qualities of his own style. But they are unmistakable in such a passage as this: The Reader will here find no Regions cursed with irremediable Barrenness, or lilcssM with Spontaneous Fecundity, no perpetual Gloom or unceasing Sunshine; nor are the Nations here... | |
| Gordon MacCreagh - 1928 - 454 strani
...translation of Father Jerome Lobo's "Voyage to Abyssinia," which voyage was begun in 1622, he said: "The reader will here find no regions cursed with...sunshine; nor are the nations here described either void of all sense of humanity, or consummate in all private and social virtues: here are no Hottentots... | |
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