Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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Page 142
... consider- able merit , he wrote with so little regard to de- cency and principles , and decorum , and in so hasty a manner , that his reputation was neither extensive nor lasting . I remember one evening , when some of his works were ...
... consider- able merit , he wrote with so little regard to de- cency and principles , and decorum , and in so hasty a manner , that his reputation was neither extensive nor lasting . I remember one evening , when some of his works were ...
Page 492
... consider debt only as an inconveni- ence ; you will find it a calamity . Poverty takes away so many means of doing good , and pro- duces so much inability to resist evil , both natu- ral and moral , that it is by all virtuous means to ...
... consider debt only as an inconveni- ence ; you will find it a calamity . Poverty takes away so many means of doing good , and pro- duces so much inability to resist evil , both natu- ral and moral , that it is by all virtuous means to ...
Page 495
... consider as more faulty than it is . A very importunate and op- pressive disorder has for some time debarred me from the pleasures , and obstructed me in the duties of life . The esteem and kindness of wise and good men is one of the ...
... consider as more faulty than it is . A very importunate and op- pressive disorder has for some time debarred me from the pleasures , and obstructed me in the duties of life . The esteem and kindness of wise and good men is one of the ...
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