The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1G. Bayntun, 1925 - 1172 pages |
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Page xxxvi
... wish , indeed , some few gross expressions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
... wish , indeed , some few gross expressions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
Page xxxvii
... wish to conceal ; but whatever doubts I at any time entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable reception with which it has been honoured . That reception has excited my best exertions to render my Book more perfect ...
... wish to conceal ; but whatever doubts I at any time entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable reception with which it has been honoured . That reception has excited my best exertions to render my Book more perfect ...
Page 25
... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this cir- cumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the oppression and dis- traction of a disease , which very few have felt in its full ...
... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this cir- cumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the oppression and dis- traction of a disease , which very few have felt in its full ...
Page 26
... be due to it . Mrs. Piozzi seems to wish , that the world should think Dr. Johnson also under the influence of that easy logic , Stet pro ratione voluntas . and to which few scholars in the whole history of 26 [ 1729 LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... be due to it . Mrs. Piozzi seems to wish , that the world should think Dr. Johnson also under the influence of that easy logic , Stet pro ratione voluntas . and to which few scholars in the whole history of 26 [ 1729 LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Page 58
... wish that his life should be written . The details in Parliament , which were brought home and digested by Guthrie , whose memory , though surpassed by others who have since followed him in the same department , was yet very quick and ...
... wish that his life should be written . The details in Parliament , which were brought home and digested by Guthrie , whose memory , though surpassed by others who have since followed him in the same department , was yet very quick and ...
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