The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... fortune 253 -154 The inefficacy of genius without learning 260 155 The usefulness of advice . The danger of habits . The necessity of reviewing life 266 L 156 The laws of writing not always indisputable . Reflections on tragi - comedy ...
... fortune 253 -154 The inefficacy of genius without learning 260 155 The usefulness of advice . The danger of habits . The necessity of reviewing life 266 L 156 The laws of writing not always indisputable . Reflections on tragi - comedy ...
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... fortune , or brighter beauty , but because I discovered some irregularity in her conduct , or some depravity in her mind ; not because I was charmed by another , but because I was offended by herself . I was very early tired of that ...
... fortune , or brighter beauty , but because I discovered some irregularity in her conduct , or some depravity in her mind ; not because I was charmed by another , but because I was offended by herself . I was very early tired of that ...
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... fortune by expec- tations , she represented her sister as languishing and consumptive . I shall in another letter give the remaining part of my history of courtship . I presume that I should hitherto have injured the majesty of female ...
... fortune by expec- tations , she represented her sister as languishing and consumptive . I shall in another letter give the remaining part of my history of courtship . I presume that I should hitherto have injured the majesty of female ...
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... fortune , and to want a wife ; and therefore was frequently attended by these hymeneal solicitors , with whose importunity I was sometimes diverted , and sometimes perplexed ; for they contended for me as vultures for a carcase ; each ...
... fortune , and to want a wife ; and therefore was frequently attended by these hymeneal solicitors , with whose importunity I was sometimes diverted , and sometimes perplexed ; for they contended for me as vultures for a carcase ; each ...
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... fortune and patience her rapacity had exhausted . Imperia then took possession of my affections ; but kept them only for a short time . She had newly inherited a large fortune , and having spent the early part of her life in the perusal ...
... fortune and patience her rapacity had exhausted . Imperia then took possession of my affections ; but kept them only for a short time . She had newly inherited a large fortune , and having spent the early part of her life in the perusal ...
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