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In the first place , ' what oft was thought ' is all the worse for being often thought , because , to be wit , it ought to be newly thought . " Mr Pepys . " But , Sir , ' tis the expression makes it new . " Dr Johnson .
In the first place , ' what oft was thought ' is all the worse for being often thought , because , to be wit , it ought to be newly thought . " Mr Pepys . " But , Sir , ' tis the expression makes it new . " Dr Johnson .
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At that rate one would have thought all machines employing human strength , like the lever or the pulley , must be equally chimerical . A pity that Johnson never lived to see the first bicycle of 1839 .
At that rate one would have thought all machines employing human strength , like the lever or the pulley , must be equally chimerical . A pity that Johnson never lived to see the first bicycle of 1839 .
Pagina 69
As Words- worth bound The White Doe in quarto to show how much he thought of it , so at times Johnson liked to speak his thoughts in polysyllables to show how much he thought of them . None the less one cannot doubt his love of Latin ...
As Words- worth bound The White Doe in quarto to show how much he thought of it , so at times Johnson liked to speak his thoughts in polysyllables to show how much he thought of them . None the less one cannot doubt his love of Latin ...
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| Titlu | The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] Goldsmith Volumul 46 din Macmillan paperbacks |
| Autor | Frank Laurence Lucas |
| Ediție | 2, retipărită |
| Editor | Cassell, 1958 |
| Exemplar original de la | Universitatea din Michigan |
| Scanată la | 25 iul. 2006 |
| Lungime | 354 pagini |
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