The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... merit : 999 ' Mira cano , Sol occubuit , nox nulla secuta est . ' EDWARDS : " You are a philosopher , Dr. Johnson . I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher ; but , I don't know how , cheerfulness was always breaking in . ' 1 ...
... merit : 999 ' Mira cano , Sol occubuit , nox nulla secuta est . ' EDWARDS : " You are a philosopher , Dr. Johnson . I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher ; but , I don't know how , cheerfulness was always breaking in . ' 1 ...
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... from sharing in elegant and innocent entertainment . An attempt to abolish the Is . gallery at the playhouse has been very properly counteracted . B. JOHNSON AND THE LAW 9 Addison are of higher merit 8 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... from sharing in elegant and innocent entertainment . An attempt to abolish the Is . gallery at the playhouse has been very properly counteracted . B. JOHNSON AND THE LAW 9 Addison are of higher merit 8 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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James Boswell. JOHNSON AND THE LAW 9 Addison are of higher merit ; but his fame must chiefly rest upon his " Political Conferences , " in which he intro- duces several eminent persons delivering their sentiments in the way of dialogue ...
James Boswell. JOHNSON AND THE LAW 9 Addison are of higher merit ; but his fame must chiefly rest upon his " Political Conferences , " in which he intro- duces several eminent persons delivering their sentiments in the way of dialogue ...
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... and did work , but he owned he felt some weak compunction ; and he had this very curious reflection- " I was born in the wilds of Christianity , and SEEKING AFTER MERIT 13 the briars and thorns still hang 12 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... and did work , but he owned he felt some weak compunction ; and he had this very curious reflection- " I was born in the wilds of Christianity , and SEEKING AFTER MERIT 13 the briars and thorns still hang 12 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gentleman ; and , having told him his name , courteously said , " I have read ...
... merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gentleman ; and , having told him his name , courteously said , " I have read ...
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