The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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Page 26
... talked of the corruption of the British parlia- ment , in which I alleged that any question , however unreasonable or unjust , might be carried by a venal majority ; and I spoke with high admiration of the Roman senate , as if composed ...
... talked of the corruption of the British parlia- ment , in which I alleged that any question , however unreasonable or unjust , might be carried by a venal majority ; and I spoke with high admiration of the Roman senate , as if composed ...
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... talked of another mode in the newspapers of giving modern.characters in sentences from the classics , and of the passage - " Parcus deorum cultor , et infrequens , Insanientis dum sapientię Consultus erro , nunc retrorsłm Vela dare ...
... talked of another mode in the newspapers of giving modern.characters in sentences from the classics , and of the passage - " Parcus deorum cultor , et infrequens , Insanientis dum sapientię Consultus erro , nunc retrorsłm Vela dare ...
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... talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
... talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
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