 ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better...  Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets - Page 284by Samuel Johnson - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...your " own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified, " I am sure I like i; better than I did before, and so will every man else....meant just what you explain; but I did not explain my owa " meaning soVall as you. You understand me as well as I do myself; but " you express me better... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...illustrated with a ray iof your " own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified, " I am sure I like it better than I did before, and...better than I could express myself. Pray accept the sin«' cercst acknowledgements. I cannot but wish these Letters were put together " in one Book, and... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...his piece. " You have," $ays he, " made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not: you understand me as well as I do myself, but you express me better than I express myself." And in a subsequent letter, upon the same subject, he goes still farther: " You understand... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...illustrated with a ray of your " own, as they say our natural body is the same still " when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than " I did before, and...know " I meant just what you explain ; but I did not ex" plain my own meaning so well as you. You un" derstand me as well as I do myself; but youex" press... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...illustrated with a ray of your " own, as they say our natural body is the same still " when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than " I did before, and so will every man ejse. I know " I rneant just what you explain ; but I did not ex" plain my own meaning so well as you.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than I did before, and so will every n>an else. I know I meant just what you explain ; but I did not explain my own meaning so well as you.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say ' our natural body is the same still when it is glori* fied, I am sure I like it better than I did before, " and...will every man else. I know I meant just " what you expla1n; but I did not explain my own " meaning so well as you. You understand me as " well as I do... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 350 pages
...illustrated with a ray of your own, as they §ay our natural body is the same still when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than I did before, and so will April n, 1739. b A Swiss professor who wrote remarks upon the philosophy of that Essay. * Commentaries... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 410 pages
...illustrated with a ray of your *' own, as they say our natural body is the same still " when it is glorified. I am sure I like it better than " I did before, and...know " I meant just what you explain ; but I did not ex" plain my own meaning so well as you. You un*' derstand me as well as I do myself; but you ex''... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...subsequent meeting of the two antagonists, the latter dissembled : but they were born to hate each other. well as I do myself, but you express me better than I express myself." In a subsequent communication, he goes still farther : " You understand my work better... | |
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