Miscellaneous: Covent-Garden journal. Essay on nothing. Charge delivered to the Grand jury, 29th June, 1749. Journal of a voyage to Lisbon. Fragment of a comment on Lord Bolingbroke's Essays. An enquiry into the causes of the late increase of robbersJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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... thought unlawful here as well as among the Romans , who , as Horace tells us , had a severe law for this purpose . In promulging these laws ( whatever may be the reason of suffering them to grow obsolete ) the state seems to have acted ...
... thought unlawful here as well as among the Romans , who , as Horace tells us , had a severe law for this purpose . In promulging these laws ( whatever may be the reason of suffering them to grow obsolete ) the state seems to have acted ...
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... thought of chal lenging it . In the reign of James I. the literary govern- ment was an aristocracy , for I do not choose to give it the evil name of oligarchy , though it con- sisted only of four , namely , Master William Shakspeare ...
... thought of chal lenging it . In the reign of James I. the literary govern- ment was an aristocracy , for I do not choose to give it the evil name of oligarchy , though it con- sisted only of four , namely , Master William Shakspeare ...
Сторінка 45
... thought proper , according to Machia- vel's advice , to introduce new names ; they there- fore called themselves The Wits , a name which hath been affected since by the reigning monarchs in this empire . The last of this quadrumvirate ...
... thought proper , according to Machia- vel's advice , to introduce new names ; they there- fore called themselves The Wits , a name which hath been affected since by the reigning monarchs in this empire . The last of this quadrumvirate ...
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... ? Who are fuller of thoughts and designs , or more eager in prosecution of them than they ? But all is about ridiculous toys , the shadows of busi- < * ness , suggested to them by apish curiosity and 50 THE COVENT - GARDEN JOURNAL .
... ? Who are fuller of thoughts and designs , or more eager in prosecution of them than they ? But all is about ridiculous toys , the shadows of busi- < * ness , suggested to them by apish curiosity and 50 THE COVENT - GARDEN JOURNAL .
Сторінка 55
... thought he had sufficiently recommended himself to my favour , and convinced me he was a gentleman . He therefore with an air addressed himself to me , and asked me , which way I was travelling ? To which I gave him no answer . 6 He ...
... thought he had sufficiently recommended himself to my favour , and convinced me he was a gentleman . He therefore with an air addressed himself to me , and asked me , which way I was travelling ? To which I gave him no answer . 6 He ...
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