The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... pleasure . And now I am to give a pretty full account of one of the most curious incidents in Johnson's life , of which he himself has made the following minute on this day : " In my return from church I was accosted by Edwards , ' an ...
... pleasure . And now I am to give a pretty full account of one of the most curious incidents in Johnson's life , of which he himself has made the following minute on this day : " In my return from church I was accosted by Edwards , ' an ...
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... pleasure of living in the country . Bos- WELL . " I have no notion of this , Sir . What you have to enter- tain you is , I think , exhausted in half an hour . " EDWARDS . " What ! Don't you love to have hope realised ? I see my grass ...
... pleasure of living in the country . Bos- WELL . " I have no notion of this , Sir . What you have to enter- tain you is , I think , exhausted in half an hour . " EDWARDS . " What ! Don't you love to have hope realised ? I see my grass ...
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... pleasure . I remember , many years ago , when my imagination was warm , and I happened to be in a melancholy mood , it distressed me to think of going into a state of being in which Shakspeare's poetry did not exist . A lady , whom I ...
... pleasure . I remember , many years ago , when my imagination was warm , and I happened to be in a melancholy mood , it distressed me to think of going into a state of being in which Shakspeare's poetry did not exist . A lady , whom I ...
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... pleasure , and wish to be better known to you . " Thus began an acquaintance , which was continued with mutual re- gard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent , ' he said , " They should set him in the ...
... pleasure , and wish to be better known to you . " Thus began an acquaintance , which was continued with mutual re- gard as long as Johnson lived . Talking of a recent seditious delinquent , ' he said , " They should set him in the ...
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... pleasure ; and every pleasure is of itself a good . It is a good , unless counterbalanced by evil . A man may have a strong reason not to drink wine ; and that may be greater than the pleasure . Wine makes a man better pleased with ...
... pleasure ; and every pleasure is of itself a good . It is a good , unless counterbalanced by evil . A man may have a strong reason not to drink wine ; and that may be greater than the pleasure . Wine makes a man better pleased with ...
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