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Page 293
What can be concluded of the lower claffes of the people , when in one of the
parliaments suinmoned by Cromwell it was seriously proposed , that all the
records in the Tower should be burnt , that all memory of things paft should be
effaced ...
What can be concluded of the lower claffes of the people , when in one of the
parliaments suinmoned by Cromwell it was seriously proposed , that all the
records in the Tower should be burnt , that all memory of things paft should be
effaced ...
Page 324
... will find no other direction than that the author should be suitable to the
translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he
who intends to translate him should endeavour to understand him ; that
perspicuity ...
... will find no other direction than that the author should be suitable to the
translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he
who intends to translate him should endeavour to understand him ; that
perspicuity ...
Page 375
as appears from his conversation , related by Whitlock , of adding the title to the
power of monarchy , and is supposed to have been with - held from it partly by
fear of the army , and partly by fear of the laws , which , when he should govern
by ...
as appears from his conversation , related by Whitlock , of adding the title to the
power of monarchy , and is supposed to have been with - held from it partly by
fear of the army , and partly by fear of the laws , which , when he should govern
by ...
Page 447
13 ما “ It is altogether as equitable some account should be given of those who
have distin . guished themselves by their writings , as of those who are renowned
for great actions . It is but reasonable they , who contribute so much to the ...
13 ما “ It is altogether as equitable some account should be given of those who
have distin . guished themselves by their writings , as of those who are renowned
for great actions . It is but reasonable they , who contribute so much to the ...
Page 456
It will sound oddly to posterity , that , in a polite nation , in an enlightened age ,
under the direction of the most wise , moft learned , and most generous
encouragers of knowledge in the world , the property of a mechanick should be
better ...
It will sound oddly to posterity , that , in a polite nation , in an enlightened age ,
under the direction of the most wise , moft learned , and most generous
encouragers of knowledge in the world , the property of a mechanick should be
better ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 1 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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