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Samuel Johnson as Book Reviewer: A Duty to Examine the Labors of the Learned - Page 154
by Brian Hanley - 2001 - 293 pages
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The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1782 - 482 pages
...home fomething .by which his country may be. benefited, who procures fome fupply of. want, or fome mitigation of evil, which may enable his readers to...their condition with that of others; to improve it wherever it is worfe, andwherever.it is better, to enjoy it. Idler, v. a, p. 153. TRADE. NOTHING dejects...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pages
...brings home fomething by which his country may be benefited; who procures fome fupply of want or fome mitigation of evil, which may enable his readers to...with that of others, to improve it whenever it is worfe, and whenever it is better to enjoy it. 35o THE IDLER. N* $8, NUMB. 98. SATURDAY, Marth i, 1760,...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...brings home fomething by which his country may be benefited; who procures fome fupply of want or fome mitigation of evil, which may enable his readers to...with that of others, to improve it whenever it is worfe, and whenever it is Better to enjoy it, Cc 356 NUMB. 98. SATURDAY, March i, 1760, To tie IDLE...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...brings home fomething by which his country may be benefited ; who procures fome fupply of want or fome mitigation of evil, which may enable his readers to...with that of others, to improve it whenever it is worfe, and whenever it ic. better to enjoy it. NUMB. 98. SATURDAY, March r, 1760* ?o the IDLE R, V...
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Worcester Magazine, Volume 3, Issues 1-26

1787 - 372 pages
...country may be b«n;fited, who procures fomefuppl)' of want, or feme mitigation of evil, which imj enable his readers to compare their condition with that of others, to improve it wherever it is worfe, and where»et it ii better to enjoy it. What is fit for every thing ca» fewthing...
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Select British Classics, Volume 10

1803 - 222 pages
...its manufactures, its works of genius, its medicines, its agriculture, its customs, and its policy. He only is a useful traveller, who brings home something...it whenever it is worse, and whenever it is better enjoy it. No. XCVIII. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 176Q. To tlie Idler. * Sir, I AM the daughter of a gentleman,...
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...something by which his country may be beneiitted^w_ho procures some supply of want, or some mitigation i*,f evil, which may enable his readers to compare their condition with that of others; to improve it wherever it is worse, and wherever it is better, to enjoy it. Idler, vol. 2, p. 253. _ • It is by...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...policy. He only is a useful traveller, who bring* home something by which his country may be be. nefited; who procures some supply of want, or some mitigation...it is worse, and whenever it is better to enjoy it. N° 98. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1760. TO THE IDLER. T 1 AM the daughter of a gentleman, who during his life-time...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...its manufactures, its works of genius, its medicines, its agriculture, its customs, and its policy. He only is a useful traveller, who brings home something...it is worse, and whenever it is better to enjoy it. NUMB. 98. SATURDAY, March i, 1760. To the IDLE R. i • * * SIR, T AM the daughter of a gentleman,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...its manufactures, its works of genius, its medicines, its agriculture, its customs, and its policy. He only is a useful traveller, who brings home something...supply of want, or some mitigation of evil, which mav enable his readers to compare their condition with that of others, to improve it whenever it is...
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