The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... ' Unde rubor vestris et non sua purpura lymphis ? Quæ rosa mirantes tam nova mutat aquas ? Numen , convivæ , præsens agnoscite numen , Nympha pudica DEUM , videt , et erubuit . " - M . character . The truth is , that philosophy , like.
... ' Unde rubor vestris et non sua purpura lymphis ? Quæ rosa mirantes tam nova mutat aquas ? Numen , convivæ , præsens agnoscite numen , Nympha pudica DEUM , videt , et erubuit . " - M . character . The truth is , that philosophy , like.
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James Boswell. character . The truth is , that philosophy , like religion , is too gen- erally supposed to be hard and ... character of Edwards . 2 This must have been the Rev. James Phipps , who had been a scholar of Pembroke , and who ...
James Boswell. character . The truth is , that philosophy , like religion , is too gen- erally supposed to be hard and ... character of Edwards . 2 This must have been the Rev. James Phipps , who had been a scholar of Pembroke , and who ...
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... character . This much may I be allowed to say of a man who was exceedingly obliging to me , and who lived with Dr. Johnson in as easy a manner as almost any of his very numerous acquaintance . 2 Mr. Edwards had said to me aside , that ...
... character . This much may I be allowed to say of a man who was exceedingly obliging to me , and who lived with Dr. Johnson in as easy a manner as almost any of his very numerous acquaintance . 2 Mr. Edwards had said to me aside , that ...
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... character of a certain noble- man ; ' that he was one of the strongest - minded men that ever lived ; that he would sit in company quite sluggish , while there was nothing to call forth his intellectual vigour ; but the moment that any ...
... character of a certain noble- man ; ' that he was one of the strongest - minded men that ever lived ; that he would sit in company quite sluggish , while there was nothing to call forth his intellectual vigour ; but the moment that any ...
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... character ; and that he expressed much wonder at the curious formation of the bat , a mouse with wings ; saying , that it was almost as strange a thing in phy- siology , as if the fabulous dragon could be seen . son . On Tuesday , May ...
... character ; and that he expressed much wonder at the curious formation of the bat , a mouse with wings ; saying , that it was almost as strange a thing in phy- siology , as if the fabulous dragon could be seen . son . On Tuesday , May ...
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