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Pagina 183
... Johnson defines to insinuate in this sense to push gently into favour or regard . ' P. 95 , 1. 2. airy . Johnson defines airy in this sense as ' gay , sprightly , full of mirth . ' He speaks of ' Mrs. Chol- mondely , a very airy lady ...
... Johnson defines to insinuate in this sense to push gently into favour or regard . ' P. 95 , 1. 2. airy . Johnson defines airy in this sense as ' gay , sprightly , full of mirth . ' He speaks of ' Mrs. Chol- mondely , a very airy lady ...
Pagina 191
... Johnson , ii . 155 . 1. 4. punctuality . Johnson defines punctuality as ' Nicety ; scrupulous exactness . ' P. 129 , 1. 21. river - horses . In Johnson's time every one spoke of river - horses ; now every one speaks of hippo- potamuses ...
... Johnson , ii . 155 . 1. 4. punctuality . Johnson defines punctuality as ' Nicety ; scrupulous exactness . ' P. 129 , 1. 21. river - horses . In Johnson's time every one spoke of river - horses ; now every one speaks of hippo- potamuses ...
Pagina 193
... Johnson , iv . 31 . P. 140 , 1. 5. airy notions . Johnson defines airy in this sense as ' without reality , without any steady foundation in truth or nature ; vain , trifling ' ; and quotes from Temple's Miscellanies : - ' I have found ...
... Johnson , iv . 31 . P. 140 , 1. 5. airy notions . Johnson defines airy in this sense as ' without reality , without any steady foundation in truth or nature ; vain , trifling ' ; and quotes from Temple's Miscellanies : - ' I have found ...
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Abyssinia Anatomy of Melancholy answered Imlac Arab astronomer Bassa began Boswell Boswell's Cairo CHAPTER choice companions considered conversation curiosity Cymbeline danger death delight desire Dictionary dreadful Egypt endeavoured enjoy entered evil eyes fancy father favour favourite fear felicity folly friends happy valley heard honour hope hour Human Wishes imagination inquire Janissaries Janizaries Johnson defines knowledge labour lady learning less live looked lost maids mankind marriage melan mind misery mountains Mughal nature Nekayah never Nile observed once opinion Paradise Lost passed passion Pekuah Persia pleased pleasure poet Post prince princess Pyramid Rambler Rasselas reason resolved returned sage Samuel Johnson says scrupulosity silent solitude sometimes soon sorrow soul sound of music Streatham suffer suppose talk Thomas Carlyle thou thought travelled Vanity of Human virtue weary wisdom wonder wrote youth