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Page 14
Both Williams , and Desmoulins , and myself , are very sickly ; Frank is not well ;
and poor Levett died in his bed the other day by a sudden stroke . I suppose not
one minute passed between health and death . So uncertain are human things .
Both Williams , and Desmoulins , and myself , are very sickly ; Frank is not well ;
and poor Levett died in his bed the other day by a sudden stroke . I suppose not
one minute passed between health and death . So uncertain are human things .
Page 36
Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness : it certainly destroys liberty ; and it
makes some virtues impracticable , and others extremely difficult . “ Let me know
the history of your life since your accession to your estate ; -how many houses ...
Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness : it certainly destroys liberty ; and it
makes some virtues impracticable , and others extremely difficult . “ Let me know
the history of your life since your accession to your estate ; -how many houses ...
Page 54
... the Editor ventures to believe , that there is no poet of his times who will stand
higher in the opinion of posterity . He generally deals with “ the short and simple
annals of the poor , ” but he exhibits them with such a deep knowledge of human
...
... the Editor ventures to believe , that there is no poet of his times who will stand
higher in the opinion of posterity . He generally deals with “ the short and simple
annals of the poor , ” but he exhibits them with such a deep knowledge of human
...
Page 56
Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live
better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a very bad thing for human
nature . ” “ It is a very good custom to keep a journal for a man's own use ; he may
write ...
Raising the wages of day - labourers is wrong ; for it does not make them live
better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a very bad thing for human
nature . ” “ It is a very good custom to keep a journal for a man's own use ; he may
write ...
Page 66
In one of these conversations , Johnson took occasion to remark on the human
mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would
frequently anticipate instruction , and enable ingenious minds to acquire
knowledge .
In one of these conversations , Johnson took occasion to remark on the human
mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would
frequently anticipate instruction , and enable ingenious minds to acquire
knowledge .
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 5 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, John Wilson Croker |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | John Wilson Croker |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2016 |
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