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It would seem , " he added , “ that Addison had not acquired much Italian learning
, for we do not find it introduced into his ... Italy must find the same passages * ;
and I should think it would be one of the first things the Italians would do on the ...
It would seem , " he added , “ that Addison had not acquired much Italian learning
, for we do not find it introduced into his ... Italy must find the same passages * ;
and I should think it would be one of the first things the Italians would do on the ...
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428 - En ] 3 152 ante , vol . i . p . 384 . Boscovich was a jesuit , bom at Ragusa in
1711 , who first introduced the Newtonian philosophy into Italy . He visited
London in 1760 , und was there elected into the Royal Socity . He died in 1787 . -
ED .
428 - En ] 3 152 ante , vol . i . p . 384 . Boscovich was a jesuit , bom at Ragusa in
1711 , who first introduced the Newtonian philosophy into Italy . He visited
London in 1760 , und was there elected into the Royal Socity . He died in 1787 . -
ED .
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When I expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , “ I do not see
that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred
pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . ” This showed both that a
journal ...
When I expressed an earnest wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , “ I do not see
that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get two hundred
pounds , or five hundred pounds , by such a work . ” This showed both that a
journal ...
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I suggested that going to Italy might have done Jír . and Mrs . Thrale good .
Johxsox . “ I rather believe not , sir . While grief is fresh , every attempt to divert
only irritates . You must wait till grief be digested , and then amusement will
dissipate the ...
I suggested that going to Italy might have done Jír . and Mrs . Thrale good .
Johxsox . “ I rather believe not , sir . While grief is fresh , every attempt to divert
only irritates . You must wait till grief be digested , and then amusement will
dissipate the ...
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A journey to Italy was still in his thoughts . He said , “ A man who has not been in
Italy is always conscious of an inferiority , from his not having seen what it is
expected a man should see . The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of
the ...
A journey to Italy was still in his thoughts . He said , “ A man who has not been in
Italy is always conscious of an inferiority , from his not having seen what it is
expected a man should see . The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of
the ...
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Página 20 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
Página 346 - You must know, Sir, I lately took my friend Boswell and shewed him genuine civilised life in an English provincial town. I turned him loose at Lichfield, my native city, that he might see for once real civility: for you know he lives among savages in Scotland, and among rakes in London.
Página 307 - The Critical Reviewers, I believe, often review without reading the books through ; but lay hold of a topick, and write chiefly from their own minds. The Monthly Reviewers are duller men, and are glad to read the books through.
Página 452 - The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
Página 417 - THAT which is appointed to all men is now coming upon you. Outward circumstances, the eyes and the thoughts of men, are below the notice of an immortal being about to stand 'the trial for eternity, before the Supreme Judge of heaven and earth. Be comforted : your crime, morally or religiously considered, has no very deep dye of turpitude. It corrupted no man's principles ; it attacked no man's life. It involved only a temporary and reparable injury.
Página 240 - The writer of an epitaph should not be considered as saying nothing but what is strictly true. Allowance must be made for some degree of exaggerated praise. In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath...
Página 272 - ... were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are.
Página 192 - Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases: nobody will say anything to a lady of her high rank. But I should be apt to throw ***** *'s verses in his face.
Página 30 - Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by, Intent on high designs — a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's hand, Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagined right, above control ; While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.
Página 316 - Fielding's Amelia was the mosT: pleasing heroine of all the romances (he said) ; but that vile broken nose never cured, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night.
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| Título | The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. With additions and notes, by J.W. Croker, Volume 3 The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. With additions and notes, by J.W. Croker, John Wilson Croker |
| Autor | James Boswell |
| Publicação | 1831 |
| Original de | Universidade de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 3 Abr 2006 |
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