The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than public occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Cataline to remark ...
... natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than public occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Cataline to remark ...
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... nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . When he and I were travelling in the Highlands of Scotland , and I pointed out to him a mountain which I observed resembled a cone , 1 This anecdote of the duck , though ...
... nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . When he and I were travelling in the Highlands of Scotland , and I pointed out to him a mountain which I observed resembled a cone , 1 This anecdote of the duck , though ...
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... nature has not fallen from the state in which it was created , the instruction of this sublime story will be of no avail . But they who think justly , and feel with strong sensibility , will listen with eagerness and admiration to its ...
... nature has not fallen from the state in which it was created , the instruction of this sublime story will be of no avail . But they who think justly , and feel with strong sensibility , will listen with eagerness and admiration to its ...
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