The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1Dent, 1949 |
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Page 112
... observed were too gross for imitation . The profits of a single poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have ...
... observed were too gross for imitation . The profits of a single poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have ...
Page 390
... observed , that those were very laudable qualities , but it might not be so easy to discover who the lady's inferiours were . " Of a certain player he remarked , that his conversation usually threatened and announced more than it ...
... observed , that those were very laudable qualities , but it might not be so easy to discover who the lady's inferiours were . " Of a certain player he remarked , that his conversation usually threatened and announced more than it ...
Page 391
... observed , delighted in change and novelty , and even in religion itself , courted new appearances and modifications ... observed , at last , wishes for retreat : he sees his expectations frustrated in the world , and begins to ...
... observed , delighted in change and novelty , and even in religion itself , courted new appearances and modifications ... observed , at last , wishes for retreat : he sees his expectations frustrated in the world , and begins to ...
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