The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Macmillan, 1912 |
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... Happy rebellions . " GOLDSMITH : " We have no such phrase . ' GENERAL PAOLI : " But have you not the thing ? " GOLDSMITH : " Yes ; all our happy revolutions . They have hurt our constitution , and will hurt it , till we mend it by another ...
... Happy rebellions . " GOLDSMITH : " We have no such phrase . ' GENERAL PAOLI : " But have you not the thing ? " GOLDSMITH : " Yes ; all our happy revolutions . They have hurt our constitution , and will hurt it , till we mend it by another ...
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... happy . ' MRS . THRALE : " The sentiment is in Congreve , I think . " JOHNSON : " Yes , Madam , in ' The Way of the World ' : ' If there's delight in love , ' tis when I see That heart which others bleed for , bleed for me ...
... happy . ' MRS . THRALE : " The sentiment is in Congreve , I think . " JOHNSON : " Yes , Madam , in ' The Way of the World ' : ' If there's delight in love , ' tis when I see That heart which others bleed for , bleed for me ...
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... happy restoration to Charles the Third ; this would be very bad with respect to the State ; but every member of that club must either conform to its rules , or be turned out of it . Old Baxter , I remember , maintains , that the ...
... happy restoration to Charles the Third ; this would be very bad with respect to the State ; but every member of that club must either conform to its rules , or be turned out of it . Old Baxter , I remember , maintains , that the ...
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... happy vein , Grac'd with the naïveté of the sage Montaigne . Hence not alone are brighter parts display'd , But e'en the specks of character portray'd : We see the Rambler with fastidious smile Mark the lone tree , and note the heath ...
... happy vein , Grac'd with the naïveté of the sage Montaigne . Hence not alone are brighter parts display'd , But e'en the specks of character portray'd : We see the Rambler with fastidious smile Mark the lone tree , and note the heath ...
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... happy it was that neither of us were ill in the Hebrides . " The question of Literary Property is this day before the Lords . Murphy drew up the Appellants ' case , that is , the plea against the perpetual right . I have not seen it ...
... happy it was that neither of us were ill in the Hebrides . " The question of Literary Property is this day before the Lords . Murphy drew up the Appellants ' case , that is , the plea against the perpetual right . I have not seen it ...
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