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Pagina 4
... were published , an attempt was made to revive it , at a time , ' says Dr. Johnson , by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and confusion ...
... were published , an attempt was made to revive it , at a time , ' says Dr. Johnson , by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and confusion ...
Pagina 9
THERE is nothing , ' says Plato , so delightful as the hearing or the speaking of truth . ' For this reason there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity , who hears without any intention to betray , and speaks ...
THERE is nothing , ' says Plato , so delightful as the hearing or the speaking of truth . ' For this reason there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity , who hears without any intention to betray , and speaks ...
Pagina 10
The dialect of conversation is now - a - days so swelled with vanity and compliment , and so surfeited ( as I may say ) of expressions of kindness and respect , that if a man who lived an age or two ago should return into the world ...
The dialect of conversation is now - a - days so swelled with vanity and compliment , and so surfeited ( as I may say ) of expressions of kindness and respect , that if a man who lived an age or two ago should return into the world ...
Pagina 19
I am grown weary of my taciturnity , and having served my country many years under the title of " the dumb doctor , " I shall now prophesy by word of mouth , and ( as Mr. Lee says of the magpye , who you know was a great fortuneteller ...
I am grown weary of my taciturnity , and having served my country many years under the title of " the dumb doctor , " I shall now prophesy by word of mouth , and ( as Mr. Lee says of the magpye , who you know was a great fortuneteller ...
Pagina 25
Ir is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself , ' says Cowley * ; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement , and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him . ' Let the tenor of his discourse ...
Ir is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself , ' says Cowley * ; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement , and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him . ' Let the tenor of his discourse ...
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