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... painful . He needed not have made such a tragical representation . Reyn . MSS
. “ I am now well enough 1782. - ÆTAT . 73 . 25.
... painful . He needed not have made such a tragical representation . Reyn . MSS
. “ I am now well enough 1782. - ÆTAT . 73 . 25.
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... my thought to be shown in its true state ' . If I could find the passage I would
direct you to it . I suppose the tenour is this : - Acute diseases are the immediate
and inevitable strokes of Heaven ; but of them the pain is short , and the
conclusion ...
... my thought to be shown in its true state ' . If I could find the passage I would
direct you to it . I suppose the tenour is this : - Acute diseases are the immediate
and inevitable strokes of Heaven ; but of them the pain is short , and the
conclusion ...
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A man accustomed to throw for a thousand pounds , if set down to throw for
sixpence , would not be at the pains to count his dice . Burke's talk is the
ebullition of his mind . He does not talk from a desire of distinction , but because
his mind is ...
A man accustomed to throw for a thousand pounds , if set down to throw for
sixpence , would not be at the pains to count his dice . Burke's talk is the
ebullition of his mind . He does not talk from a desire of distinction , but because
his mind is ...
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... too humiliating , too painful , and too just , may have deprived his works of so
extensive , or , at least , so brilliant , a popularity as some of his contemporaries
have attained ; but the Editor ventures to believe , that there is no poet of his
times ...
... too humiliating , too painful , and too just , may have deprived his works of so
extensive , or , at least , so brilliant , a popularity as some of his contemporaries
have attained ; but the Editor ventures to believe , that there is no poet of his
times ...
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... pains in teaching him . ” ] In pleasant reference to himself and Mr. Hoole , as
brother authours , he often said , “ Let you and I , sir , go together , and eat a beef
- steak in Grub - street . " Sir William Chambers , that great architect , whose
works ...
... pains in teaching him . ” ] In pleasant reference to himself and Mr. Hoole , as
brother authours , he often said , “ Let you and I , sir , go together , and eat a beef
- steak in Grub - street . " Sir William Chambers , that great architect , whose
works ...
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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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