The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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Page 169
... nature was yet fresh , and every moment shewed me what I never had observed before . I have already enjoyed too much ; give me something to desire . " The old man was surprised at this new species of afflic- tion , and knew not what to ...
... nature was yet fresh , and every moment shewed me what I never had observed before . I have already enjoyed too much ; give me something to desire . " The old man was surprised at this new species of afflic- tion , and knew not what to ...
Page 170
... nature promised him , because he considered that in a long time much must be endured ; he now rejoiced in his youth , because in many years much might be done . This first beam of hope , that had been ever darted into his mind ...
... nature promised him , because he considered that in a long time much must be endured ; he now rejoiced in his youth , because in many years much might be done . This first beam of hope , that had been ever darted into his mind ...
Page 173
... nature which had never yet been broken , and by the gate through which none that once had passed it were ever able to return . He was now impatient as an eagle in a grate . He passed week after week in clamber- ing the mountains , to ...
... nature which had never yet been broken , and by the gate through which none that once had passed it were ever able to return . He was now impatient as an eagle in a grate . He passed week after week in clamber- ing the mountains , to ...
Page 175
... nature , and men by art . He that can swim needs not despair to fly to swim is to fly in a grosser fluid , and to fly is to swim in a subtler . We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the diffe- rent density of matter ...
... nature , and men by art . He that can swim needs not despair to fly to swim is to fly in a grosser fluid , and to fly is to swim in a subtler . We are only to proportion our power of resistance to the diffe- rent density of matter ...
Page 176
... nature from one extremity of the earth to the other ! " " All this , " said the prince , " is much to be desired ; but I am afraid that no man will be able to breathe in these regions of speculation and tranquillity . I have been told ...
... nature from one extremity of the earth to the other ! " " All this , " said the prince , " is much to be desired ; but I am afraid that no man will be able to breathe in these regions of speculation and tranquillity . I have been told ...
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