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... example of waves that " roll " ( Georg . IX : 79 ) , but both his translation of Virgil and Pope's of the Iliad include many more examples of the verb " to roll " with bodies of water , usually rivers . Milton , inci- dentally , has ...
... example of waves that " roll " ( Georg . IX : 79 ) , but both his translation of Virgil and Pope's of the Iliad include many more examples of the verb " to roll " with bodies of water , usually rivers . Milton , inci- dentally , has ...
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... examples and cite the others in a footnote . 1756 : " That is , ' in armour , in a state of military vigilance . ' One ... example : Martin has no note on " Helmont or Paracelsus ” ( p . 221 ) ; 1756 has the Johnsonian - sounding " Wild ...
... examples and cite the others in a footnote . 1756 : " That is , ' in armour , in a state of military vigilance . ' One ... example : Martin has no note on " Helmont or Paracelsus ” ( p . 221 ) ; 1756 has the Johnsonian - sounding " Wild ...
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... example of the golden mean between narrowness and prodigality , in the essay on penurious and wealth , Boswell went to the Moral Essays : “ A more exquisite consideration of what I wish to recommend , cannot , in my opinion , be ...
... example of the golden mean between narrowness and prodigality , in the essay on penurious and wealth , Boswell went to the Moral Essays : “ A more exquisite consideration of what I wish to recommend , cannot , in my opinion , be ...
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Paging Through Boswells Life of Johnson | 3 |
Notes on Johnsons Hebridean Jaunt | 15 |
Johnsons Early Translations from Virgil Homer and Horace | 23 |
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