“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... Human Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of ...
... Human Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of ...
Page 210
... human life , and shews us that this stage of our being is full of " vanity and vexation of spirit . " To those who look no further than the present life , or who maintain that human nature has not fallen from the state in which it was ...
... human life , and shews us that this stage of our being is full of " vanity and vexation of spirit . " To those who look no further than the present life , or who maintain that human nature has not fallen from the state in which it was ...
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... human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure , Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of ...
... human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure , Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of ...
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