The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justi- fied in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there ...
... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justi- fied in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there ...
Page xvi
... particular persons are bar- ren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impar- tiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of ...
... particular persons are bar- ren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impar- tiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of ...
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... particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for to use his own words in his " Life of Sydenham , " " That the strengh ...
... particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for to use his own words in his " Life of Sydenham , " " That the strengh ...
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... particular . The flesh of animals who feed excursively is allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up . May there not be the same difference between men who read as their taste prompts , and men who are ...
... particular . The flesh of animals who feed excursively is allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up . May there not be the same difference between men who read as their taste prompts , and men who are ...
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... particular inconveniences by no vestige of the translator's own style ; for the particular favours . " language of translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a ...
... particular inconveniences by no vestige of the translator's own style ; for the particular favours . " language of translation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a ...
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