The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi, His Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies, Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor DoddG. Kearsley; J. Walker; Scatchard and Letterman; Lackington, Allen, and Company; Longman, Hurst, and Company; and B. Crosby, 1804 - 394 pages |
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... Notes upon Shakespeare , vol . 6 , p . 372 . AVARICE . It is no defence of a covetous man , to instance his inattention to his own affairs - as if he might not at once be corrupted by avarice and idle- ness . Life of Sheffield . Few ...
... Notes upon Shakespeare , vol . 6 , p . 372 . AVARICE . It is no defence of a covetous man , to instance his inattention to his own affairs - as if he might not at once be corrupted by avarice and idle- ness . Life of Sheffield . Few ...
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... Notes upon Shakespeare , vol . 2 , p . 78 : If all the blessings of our condition are enjoyed with a constant sense of the uncertainty of life ; if we remember that whatever we possess is to be in our hands but a very little time , and ...
... Notes upon Shakespeare , vol . 2 , p . 78 : If all the blessings of our condition are enjoyed with a constant sense of the uncertainty of life ; if we remember that whatever we possess is to be in our hands but a very little time , and ...
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... Notes upon Shakespeare , vol . 4. p . 393 . It is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity , to retract his error as soon as he discovers it , without fearing any censure so much as that of his own mind . As justice requires ...
... Notes upon Shakespeare , vol . 4. p . 393 . It is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity , to retract his error as soon as he discovers it , without fearing any censure so much as that of his own mind . As justice requires ...
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... Notes upon Shakespeare , vol . 6 , p . 10г . Gross ignorance every man has found equally dangerous with perverted knowledge . Men left wholly to their appetites and their instincts , with little sense of moral or religious obligation ...
... Notes upon Shakespeare , vol . 6 , p . 10г . Gross ignorance every man has found equally dangerous with perverted knowledge . Men left wholly to their appetites and their instincts , with little sense of moral or religious obligation ...
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