The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Original Pieces of His Composition : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3 |
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I am happy to think , that he lived to see the crown at last recover its just influence . At Leicester we read in the newspaper that Dr. James was dead . I thought that the death of an old schoolfellow , and one with whom he had lived a ...
I am happy to think , that he lived to see the crown at last recover its just influence . At Leicester we read in the newspaper that Dr. James was dead . I thought that the death of an old schoolfellow , and one with whom he had lived a ...
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... and said to him , “ Sir , you observed one day at general Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , —or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise ? ” Johnson .
... and said to him , “ Sir , you observed one day at general Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , —or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise ? ” Johnson .
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“ I believe , sir , there is not ; but it is better that some should be unbappy , than that none should be happy , which would be the case in a general state of equality . ” When the service was ended , I went home with him , and we sat ...
“ I believe , sir , there is not ; but it is better that some should be unbappy , than that none should be happy , which would be the case in a general state of equality . ” When the service was ended , I went home with him , and we sat ...
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When they have drunk wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows impudent and vociferous : but he is not improved ; he is only not sensible of his defects . " Sir Joshua said , the doctor was talking of the ...
When they have drunk wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows impudent and vociferous : but he is not improved ; he is only not sensible of his defects . " Sir Joshua said , the doctor was talking of the ...
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Madame Sevigné , who , though she had many enjoyments , felt with delicate sensibility the prevalence of misery , complains of the task of existence having been imposed upon her without her consent . “ That man is never happy for the ...
Madame Sevigné , who , though she had many enjoyments , felt with delicate sensibility the prevalence of misery , complains of the task of existence having been imposed upon her without her consent . “ That man is never happy for the ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Original Pieces of His Composition : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and ..., Volume 3 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Works, in Chronological Order : a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Original Pieces of His Composition : the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Edmond Malone Volume 3 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Illustrated by | Edmond Malone |
| Publisher | Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
| Length | 1854 pages |
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