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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... Misery ibid . K. Moderation 284 Kings 249 Money 282 Knowledge Knowledge , Self 247 Motives ibid . 249 N. Nabobs , & c . English 284 L. Narration 285 Language 258 Nations 286 Language , English 260 Nature 284 Laws 262 Negligence 285 Laws ...
... Misery ibid . K. Moderation 284 Kings 249 Money 282 Knowledge Knowledge , Self 247 Motives ibid . 249 N. Nabobs , & c . English 284 L. Narration 285 Language 258 Nations 286 Language , English 260 Nature 284 Laws 262 Negligence 285 Laws ...
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... misery of late marriages ; the unhappy produce of them becomes the plaything of dotage : an old man's child , " continued he , " leads much such a life , I think , as a little boy's dog , teized with aukward fondness , and forced ...
... misery of late marriages ; the unhappy produce of them becomes the plaything of dotage : an old man's child , " continued he , " leads much such a life , I think , as a little boy's dog , teized with aukward fondness , and forced ...
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... misery before the children's eyes , and tempting them by bribery or falsehood to evade it . At the age of eighteen , Dr. Johnson quitted school , and escaped from the tuition of those he hated or those he despised . Of his college life ...
... misery before the children's eyes , and tempting them by bribery or falsehood to evade it . At the age of eighteen , Dr. Johnson quitted school , and escaped from the tuition of those he hated or those he despised . Of his college life ...
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... misery , and soon rise again to pass the night in anxiety and pain . By this pathetic manner , which no one ever possessed in so ' eminent a degree , he used to shock me from quitting 1 B 6 his his company , till I hurt my own health ...
... misery , and soon rise again to pass the night in anxiety and pain . By this pathetic manner , which no one ever possessed in so ' eminent a degree , he used to shock me from quitting 1 B 6 his his company , till I hurt my own health ...
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... reasons , amidst shame and misery , Iyet wish to live , and most humbly intreat , that I may be recommended by your Lordship to the clemency of kis Majesty . A SERMON A SERMON , written by DR . JOHNSON , And - [ 90 ] -
... reasons , amidst shame and misery , Iyet wish to live , and most humbly intreat , that I may be recommended by your Lordship to the clemency of kis Majesty . A SERMON A SERMON , written by DR . JOHNSON , And - [ 90 ] -
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