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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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Page xvii
... attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose com- pany has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has been a ...
... attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose com- pany has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has been a ...
Page xix
... attention with which I have collected and arranged the materials of which these volumes are composed , will hardly be conceived by those who read them with careless facility . The stretch of mind and prompt assiduity by which so many ...
... attention with which I have collected and arranged the materials of which these volumes are composed , will hardly be conceived by those who read them with careless facility . The stretch of mind and prompt assiduity by which so many ...
Page xxi
... attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of religion , morality , loyalty and subordination , while it delights and improves the wise and the ...
... attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of religion , morality , loyalty and subordination , while it delights and improves the wise and the ...
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... attention to incidents which the credulous relate with eager satisfaction , and the more scrupulous or witty inquirer considers only as topics of ridicule : yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so ...
... attention to incidents which the credulous relate with eager satisfaction , and the more scrupulous or witty inquirer considers only as topics of ridicule : yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so ...
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... attention and perceptive quickness made him see and distin- guish all manner of objects , whether of 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 ...
... attention and perceptive quickness made him see and distin- guish all manner of objects , whether of 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 ...
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