The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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Page 87
... excellent man , with a pretty good estate of his own , and the prospect of having the Earl of Loudoun's fortune and honours . Is not this a noble lot for our fair Hebridean ? How happy am I that she is to be in Ayrshire . We shall have ...
... excellent man , with a pretty good estate of his own , and the prospect of having the Earl of Loudoun's fortune and honours . Is not this a noble lot for our fair Hebridean ? How happy am I that she is to be in Ayrshire . We shall have ...
Page 118
... excellent burlesque surprize on gloomy sentimental enquirers . And , perhaps , the advice is as good as can be given to a low - spirited dissatisfied being : - " Don't trouble your head with sickly thinking : take a cup , and be merry ...
... excellent burlesque surprize on gloomy sentimental enquirers . And , perhaps , the advice is as good as can be given to a low - spirited dissatisfied being : - " Don't trouble your head with sickly thinking : take a cup , and be merry ...
Page 370
... excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he " can be but half a beau . " Addison , in " The Spectator , " has given us a fine portrait of ...
... excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he " can be but half a beau . " Addison , in " The Spectator , " has given us a fine portrait of ...
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