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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Tales and visions: The history of ... - Page 26
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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Dissertation on Greek comedy fr. Brumoy. Observations on Macbeth. Adventurer ...

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...defcribe what I had not feen : I could not hope to move thofe with delight or terrour, whofe interefts and opinions I did not underftand. " Being now refolved...pictured upon my mind every tree of the foreft and flower of the valley. I obferved with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace....
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 pages
...defcribe what I had not feen : I could not hope to move thofe with delight or terrour, whofe interefts and opinions I did not underftand. " Being now refolved...pictured upon my mind every tree of the foreft and flower of the valley. I oblerved with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace....
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with anew purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified: no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 3

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...resolved to be a Poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attc "4ion was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; ray sphere of attention was -suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts, for images and resemblances, and pictured . upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 pages
...resolved to.be a poet, I saw every tiling with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified: no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest, and flower...
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Works, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 pages
...now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified ; no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower...
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