The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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Page 184
... IMLAC'S HISTORY CONTINUED . UPON POETRY . A DISSERTATION . " WHEREVER I went , I found that poetry was consi- dered as the highest learning , and regarded with a vene- ration somewhat approaching to that which man would pay to the ...
... IMLAC'S HISTORY CONTINUED . UPON POETRY . A DISSERTATION . " WHEREVER I went , I found that poetry was consi- dered as the highest learning , and regarded with a vene- ration somewhat approaching to that which man would pay to the ...
Page 186
... Imlac , " is to examine , not the individual , but the species ; to remark general pro- perties and large appearances : he does not number the streaks of the tulip , or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest . He is ...
... Imlac , " is to examine , not the individual , but the species ; to remark general pro- perties and large appearances : he does not number the streaks of the tulip , or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest . He is ...
Page 187
... IMLAC'S NARRATIVE CONTINUED . A HINT ON PILGRIMAGE . IMLAC now felt the enthusiastick fit , andwas proceeding to aggrandize his own profession , when the prince cried out , " Enough ! thou hast convinced me , that no human being can ...
... IMLAC'S NARRATIVE CONTINUED . A HINT ON PILGRIMAGE . IMLAC now felt the enthusiastick fit , andwas proceeding to aggrandize his own profession , when the prince cried out , " Enough ! thou hast convinced me , that no human being can ...
Page 188
... Imlac , " because they are wiser ; knowledge will always predo- minate over ignorance , as man governs the other animals . But why their knowledge is more than ours , I know not what reason can be given , but the unsearchable will of ...
... Imlac , " because they are wiser ; knowledge will always predo- minate over ignorance , as man governs the other animals . But why their knowledge is more than ours , I know not what reason can be given , but the unsearchable will of ...
Page 190
... Imlac , " are less unhappy A than we , but they are not happy . Human life is every www.where a state in which much is to be endured , and little to be enjoyed . " un CHAP . XII . THE STORY OF IMLAC CONTINUED . " I AM not yet willing ...
... Imlac , " are less unhappy A than we , but they are not happy . Human life is every www.where a state in which much is to be endured , and little to be enjoyed . " un CHAP . XII . THE STORY OF IMLAC CONTINUED . " I AM not yet willing ...
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