The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... wish well to him ; but your primary consideration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand , no doubt we should pity the state of his mind ; but our primary consideration would be to take care ...
... wish well to him ; but your primary consideration is your own quiet . If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand , no doubt we should pity the state of his mind ; but our primary consideration would be to take care ...
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... wish there were many places of a thousand a - year at Oxford , to keep first - rate men of learning from quitting the University . " Undoubtedly if this were the case , literature would have a still greater dignity and splendour at ...
... wish there were many places of a thousand a - year at Oxford , to keep first - rate men of learning from quitting the University . " Undoubtedly if this were the case , literature would have a still greater dignity and splendour at ...
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... wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get 2007. or 5007. by such a work . " This showed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly ...
... wish for his remarks on Italy , he said , " I do not see that I could make a book upon Italy ; yet I should be glad to get 2007. or 5007. by such a work . " This showed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly ...
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... wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , “ Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of private ...
... wish to know more about Mr. Ballow , Johnson said , “ Sir , I have seen him but once these twenty years . The tide of life has driven us different ways . " I was sorry at the time to hear this ; but whoever quits the creeks of private ...
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... wish they would come up or come down . What Soame Jenyns says upon this subject is not to be minded ; he is a wit . No , Sir ; to act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings . Human benevo- lence is mingled with vanity ...
... wish they would come up or come down . What Soame Jenyns says upon this subject is not to be minded ; he is a wit . No , Sir ; to act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings . Human benevo- lence is mingled with vanity ...
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