The Works of Samuel Johnson: Miscellaneous piecesW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 |
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... genius , but may be successfully performed without any higher quality than that of bearing burdens with dull patience , and beating the track of the alphabet with sluggish resolution . Whether this opinion , so long transmitted , and so ...
... genius , but may be successfully performed without any higher quality than that of bearing burdens with dull patience , and beating the track of the alphabet with sluggish resolution . Whether this opinion , so long transmitted , and so ...
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... genius , whose attention to argument makes them negligent of style , or whose rapid imagination , like the Peruvian torrents , when it brings down gold , mingles it with saud . When I survey the Plan which I have laid before you , I ...
... genius , whose attention to argument makes them negligent of style , or whose rapid imagination , like the Peruvian torrents , when it brings down gold , mingles it with saud . When I survey the Plan which I have laid before you , I ...
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... Genius press forward to conquest and glory , without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress . Every other author may aspire to praise ; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach , and even this ...
... Genius press forward to conquest and glory , without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress . Every other author may aspire to praise ; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach , and even this ...
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... genius of our tongue . I have attempted few altera- tions , and among those few , perhaps , the greater part is from the modern to the ancient practice ; and , I hope , I may be allowed to recommend to those , whose thoughts have been ...
... genius of our tongue . I have attempted few altera- tions , and among those few , perhaps , the greater part is from the modern to the ancient practice ; and , I hope , I may be allowed to recommend to those , whose thoughts have been ...
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... genius of our tongue , and incorporate easily with our native idioms . But as every language has a time of rudeness antece- dent to perfection , as well as of false refinement and de- clension , I have been cautious lest my zeal for ...
... genius of our tongue , and incorporate easily with our native idioms . But as every language has a time of rudeness antece- dent to perfection , as well as of false refinement and de- clension , I have been cautious lest my zeal for ...
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