The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the ...
... style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the ...
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... style and sentiments , and the real import- ance of your materials , have the art , ( which one would imagine no one could have missed , ) of adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world , which is literary historyc ...
... style and sentiments , and the real import- ance of your materials , have the art , ( which one would imagine no one could have missed , ) of adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world , which is literary historyc ...
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... style , and other excellencies of composition ; that the mind , being thus engaged by an amusing variety of objects , may not grow weary . " He communicated to me the following particulars upon the subject of his religious progress ...
... style , and other excellencies of composition ; that the mind , being thus engaged by an amusing variety of objects , may not grow weary . " He communicated to me the following particulars upon the subject of his religious progress ...
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... style which marks his subsequent writings with such peculiar excellence ; with so happy an union of force , vivacity , and perspicuity . I have perused the book with this view , and have found that here , as I believe in every other ...
... style which marks his subsequent writings with such peculiar excellence ; with so happy an union of force , vivacity , and perspicuity . I have perused the book with this view , and have found that here , as I believe in every other ...
Page 69
... style is capable of great improvements ; but whether those improvements are to be expected from this attempt , you must judge from the specimen , which , if you approve the proposal , I shall sub- mit to your examination . 66 Suppose ...
... style is capable of great improvements ; but whether those improvements are to be expected from this attempt , you must judge from the specimen , which , if you approve the proposal , I shall sub- mit to your examination . 66 Suppose ...
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