The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... kind approbation . Dr. ADAMS , eminent as the head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that ...
... kind approbation . Dr. ADAMS , eminent as the head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that ...
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... kind of writing . Since my work was announced several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight , ' a man , whom ...
... kind of writing . Since my work was announced several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight , ' a man , whom ...
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... kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ...
... kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ...
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... kind , ( His various plumage sporting in the wind ) That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall ΔΊ , then , forsake the unfinish'd war ? How would the Trojans brand great Hector's name ! And one base action sully all my ...
... kind , ( His various plumage sporting in the wind ) That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall ΔΊ , then , forsake the unfinish'd war ? How would the Trojans brand great Hector's name ! And one base action sully all my ...
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... kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull crowd , " in ecstacies he cries , " For wealth or title , perishable prize ; " While I those transitory blessings scorn , " Secure of praise from ages yet unborn ...
... kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull crowd , " in ecstacies he cries , " For wealth or title , perishable prize ; " While I those transitory blessings scorn , " Secure of praise from ages yet unborn ...
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