The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common ...
... admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common ...
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... admiration . " There are many invisible circumstances which , whe- ther we read as inquirers after natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick ...
... admiration . " There are many invisible circumstances which , whe- ther we read as inquirers after natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick ...
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... admiration only I exprest , ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast , ) That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone this happy state remains . Here I , though faint myself , must drive my goats , Far from their ancient ...
... admiration only I exprest , ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast , ) That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone this happy state remains . Here I , though faint myself , must drive my goats , Far from their ancient ...
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... admiration of the pious Law's writings by addressing the following earnest questions to his es- teemed friend Miss Hill Boothby . " Have you read Mr. Law ? not cursorily , but with attention ? I wish you would consider him : His appeal ...
... admiration of the pious Law's writings by addressing the following earnest questions to his es- teemed friend Miss Hill Boothby . " Have you read Mr. Law ? not cursorily , but with attention ? I wish you would consider him : His appeal ...
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... admiration . Nor can any one , conversant with the writings of John- son , fail to discern his hand in this passage of the Dedica- " Here , ” says Murphy , in his Essay on the Life and Genius of Johnson , we see the infant Hercules ...
... admiration . Nor can any one , conversant with the writings of John- son , fail to discern his hand in this passage of the Dedica- " Here , ” says Murphy , in his Essay on the Life and Genius of Johnson , we see the infant Hercules ...
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