The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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Page 102
... human heart ; and , in a word , a more just or pleasant , a more engaging , or a more instructive treatise on all the excellencies and defects of human nature , is scarce to be found in our own , or perhaps any other , language ...
... human heart ; and , in a word , a more just or pleasant , a more engaging , or a more instructive treatise on all the excellencies and defects of human nature , is scarce to be found in our own , or perhaps any other , language ...
Page 397
... human passions or human caprice . We allude to the speech delivered by the late unhappy Dr William Dodd , when he was about to hear the sentence of the law pronounced up- on him in consequence of an indictment for gery . " The voice of ...
... human passions or human caprice . We allude to the speech delivered by the late unhappy Dr William Dodd , when he was about to hear the sentence of the law pronounced up- on him in consequence of an indictment for gery . " The voice of ...
Page 482
... Human Wishes . In his religious belief and practice , he was so much in ear- nest , and so punctual , that deviations from the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England were offensive to him . His partiali- ty for the tenets of the ...
... Human Wishes . In his religious belief and practice , he was so much in ear- nest , and so punctual , that deviations from the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England were offensive to him . His partiali- ty for the tenets of the ...
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