The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... pounds in a year to those that importune in the streets , and not do any good . " " There is nothing more likely to betray a man into ab- surdity , than condescension ; when he seems to suppose his understanding too powerful for his ...
... pounds in a year to those that importune in the streets , and not do any good . " " There is nothing more likely to betray a man into ab- surdity , than condescension ; when he seems to suppose his understanding too powerful for his ...
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... pounds , over and above two hundred , for which his agreement was to furnish such prefaces as he thought fit . This was , however , but a small recompense for such a collection of biography , and such principles and illustra- tions of ...
... pounds , over and above two hundred , for which his agreement was to furnish such prefaces as he thought fit . This was , however , but a small recompense for such a collection of biography , and such principles and illustra- tions of ...
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... pounds . Congratulating Charles the second on his [ coronation ] recovered right . " He that has flattery ready for all whom the vicissi- tudes of the world happen to exalt , must be [ confessed to degrade his powers ] scorned as a ...
... pounds . Congratulating Charles the second on his [ coronation ] recovered right . " He that has flattery ready for all whom the vicissi- tudes of the world happen to exalt , must be [ confessed to degrade his powers ] scorned as a ...
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... pounds , and " reclaimed his loan by an execution . " In the new edition of the Biographia Britannica , the authenticity of this anecdote is Emulated former pieces . Cooper's - hill . Dryden's ode . Affected to disdain flattery . Not ...
... pounds , and " reclaimed his loan by an execution . " In the new edition of the Biographia Britannica , the authenticity of this anecdote is Emulated former pieces . Cooper's - hill . Dryden's ode . Affected to disdain flattery . Not ...
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... pounds a year . Sir Philip had the ap- pearance of a gentleman of ancient family , well advanced in life . He wore his own white hair in a bag of goodly size , a black velvet coat , with an embroidered waistcoat , and very rich laced ...
... pounds a year . Sir Philip had the ap- pearance of a gentleman of ancient family , well advanced in life . He wore his own white hair in a bag of goodly size , a black velvet coat , with an embroidered waistcoat , and very rich laced ...
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