“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... merit . JOHNSON . " If man were a savage , living in the woods by himself , this might be true ; but in civilized society we all depend upon each other , and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind . Now , Sir ...
... merit . JOHNSON . " If man were a savage , living in the woods by himself , this might be true ; but in civilized society we all depend upon each other , and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind . Now , Sir ...
Page 367
... merit in telling how many plays have ghosts in them , and how this Ghost is better than that . You must shew how terrour is im- pressed on the human heart . In the description of night in Macbeth , the beetle and the bat detract from ...
... merit in telling how many plays have ghosts in them , and how this Ghost is better than that . You must shew how terrour is im- pressed on the human heart . In the description of night in Macbeth , the beetle and the bat detract from ...
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... merit of endeavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
... merit of endeavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
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