The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world . Take up whatever topick you please , he is ready to meet you . " " " A gentleman , by no means deficient in literature , having discovered less ...
... common conversation corresponds with the general fame which he has in the world . Take up whatever topick you please , he is ready to meet you . " " " A gentleman , by no means deficient in literature , having discovered less ...
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... common friend , who has known him long , and is not much addicted to flattery , gives the highest testimony . Various readings in the Life of Milton . " I cannot find any meaning but this which [ his most bigotted advocates ] even ...
... common friend , who has known him long , and is not much addicted to flattery , gives the highest testimony . Various readings in the Life of Milton . " I cannot find any meaning but this which [ his most bigotted advocates ] even ...
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... common occur- rences that were then passing , which appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an advanced age , and who had retired from life with declared disappointment in his expectations . An ...
... common occur- rences that were then passing , which appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an advanced age , and who had retired from life with declared disappointment in his expectations . An ...
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... common occasions he habitually [ assumes ] affects a style of [ superiority ] arrogance . 66 By the [ omission ] neglect of those ceremonies . " That their merits filled the world [ and ] or that there was no [ room for ] hope of more ...
... common occasions he habitually [ assumes ] affects a style of [ superiority ] arrogance . 66 By the [ omission ] neglect of those ceremonies . " That their merits filled the world [ and ] or that there was no [ room for ] hope of more ...
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... common , and therefore to have a source of conversation which nei- ther the learning nor the wit of a new companion can supply . " 6 My Lives are now published ; and if you will tell me whither I shall send them , that they may come to ...
... common , and therefore to have a source of conversation which nei- ther the learning nor the wit of a new companion can supply . " 6 My Lives are now published ; and if you will tell me whither I shall send them , that they may come to ...
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