Samuel JohnsonHerbert & Daniel, 1911 - 265 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 157
... attention from life to nature . They seem to think that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants , or the motions of the stars : Socrates was rather of opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil ...
... attention from life to nature . They seem to think that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants , or the motions of the stars : Socrates was rather of opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil ...
الصفحة 182
... attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not the sole praise of either ; for both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor ...
... attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not the sole praise of either ; for both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor ...
الصفحة 211
... attention , are given us for valu- able and useful purposes , we must not think ourselves at liberty to squander life , to ener- vate intellectual strength , to cloud our thoughts , or fix our attention , when by all this expense LETTERS 21 ...
... attention , are given us for valu- able and useful purposes , we must not think ourselves at liberty to squander life , to ener- vate intellectual strength , to cloud our thoughts , or fix our attention , when by all this expense LETTERS 21 ...
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THE PLAN OF AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY | 1 |
LIVES OF EMINENT PERSONS | 19 |
Milton | 49 |
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