The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious - all these qualities I can , in perfect confidence of not being accused of flattery , ascribe to you . If a man may indulge an honest pride , in ...
... common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious - all these qualities I can , in perfect confidence of not being accused of flattery , ascribe to you . If a man may indulge an honest pride , in ...
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... Common Prayer Book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs leaving him to study it : but by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
... Common Prayer Book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs leaving him to study it : but by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
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... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend ...
... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend ...
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... common abilities . He had already given several proofs 1 He is said to be the original of the parson in Hogarth's Modern Midnight Conversation . See also Lives of the Poets , ( " Fenton . " ) 2 As was likewise the Bishop of Dromore many ...
... common abilities . He had already given several proofs 1 He is said to be the original of the parson in Hogarth's Modern Midnight Conversation . See also Lives of the Poets , ( " Fenton . " ) 2 As was likewise the Bishop of Dromore many ...
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... common thought ; " That the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politics ; he should confine himself to humbler themes : " but the versification was truly Virgilian ...
... common thought ; " That the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politics ; he should confine himself to humbler themes : " but the versification was truly Virgilian ...
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