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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... happiness of society , in our free and prosperous country ; but , thanks be to God , without producing the pernicious effects which were hoped for by its propagators . It seems to me , in my moments of self - complacency , that this ...
... happiness of society , in our free and prosperous country ; but , thanks be to God , without producing the pernicious effects which were hoped for by its propagators . It seems to me , in my moments of self - complacency , that this ...
Page xxvii
... happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life con- stantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circumstance , and from time to time obligingly satisfied my inquiries ...
... happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life con- stantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circumstance , and from time to time obligingly satisfied my inquiries ...
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... happiness from each other . They seldom conversed ; for my father could not bear to talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of anything else . Had my mother been more literate , they had ...
... happiness from each other . They seldom conversed ; for my father could not bear to talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of anything else . Had my mother been more literate , they had ...
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... happiness by pre- senting to him the gloomy side of religion , rather than that bright and cheering one which gilds the period of closing life with the light of pious hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress ...
... happiness by pre- senting to him the gloomy side of religion , rather than that bright and cheering one which gilds the period of closing life with the light of pious hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress ...
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... happiness to human 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 ...
... happiness to human 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 ...
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