The Works of Samuel Johnson: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by Arthur Murphy] Poems, and talesW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 |
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... poem on the Vanity of Human Wishes , as exam- ples of inefficiency of either learning or beauty , to shield their a possessors from distress , have exercised inquiry . The following ESSAY on the Life and Genius of Dr Johnson.
... poem on the Vanity of Human Wishes , as exam- ples of inefficiency of either learning or beauty , to shield their a possessors from distress , have exercised inquiry . The following ESSAY on the Life and Genius of Dr Johnson.
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... Human Wishes ... Prologue , spoken by Mr. Garrick , at the opening of the theatre - royal , Drury lane Prefatory Notice to the tragedy of Irene Prologue .... Irene Epilogue , by sir William Yonge 1 12 23 25 29 31 114 Prologue to the ...
... Human Wishes ... Prologue , spoken by Mr. Garrick , at the opening of the theatre - royal , Drury lane Prefatory Notice to the tragedy of Irene Prologue .... Irene Epilogue , by sir William Yonge 1 12 23 25 29 31 114 Prologue to the ...
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... human nature , into vice or gross deformity . The lights and shades of the character should be given ; and if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just estimate of Dr. Johnson will afford a lesson , perhaps , as valuable as ...
... human nature , into vice or gross deformity . The lights and shades of the character should be given ; and if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just estimate of Dr. Johnson will afford a lesson , perhaps , as valuable as ...
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... humanity , or consummate in all private and social virtues ; here are no Hottentots without religion , polity or ... human nature is to be found , there is a mixture of vice and virtue , a contest of passion and reason ; and that the ...
... humanity , or consummate in all private and social virtues ; here are no Hottentots without religion , polity or ... human nature is to be found , there is a mixture of vice and virtue , a contest of passion and reason ; and that the ...
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... human strength , to have arrived at it . But it may be asked , can Mr. Bruce say what was the face of the country in the year 1622 , when Lobo saw the magnificent sight which he has described ? Mr. Bruce's pool of water may have been ...
... human strength , to have arrived at it . But it may be asked , can Mr. Bruce say what was the face of the country in the year 1622 , when Lobo saw the magnificent sight which he has described ? Mr. Bruce's pool of water may have been ...
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