 ... of the boats, and other circumstances, are all very good description ; but do not impress the mind at once with the horrible idea of immense height. The impression is divided ; you pass on by computation, from one stage of the tremendous space to...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Página 90por James Boswell - 1823Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
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...computation, from one stage of the tremendous space to another. Had the girl in The Mourning Bride said she could not cast her shoe to the top of one of the...temple, it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it.54 Furness rightly objects that Johnson has taken the passage out of dramatic context. What I find... | |
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