Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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Page 337
... happy are equally happy ; a little miss with a new gown at a dancing school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an orator , after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly . JOHNSON . ' Sir , that all who are ...
... happy are equally happy ; a little miss with a new gown at a dancing school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an orator , after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly . JOHNSON . ' Sir , that all who are ...
Page 669
... happy if they miss their counter- parts ? ' JOHNSON . To be sure not , Sir . I believe mar- riages would in general be as happy , and often more so , if they were all made by the Lord Chancellor , upon a due consideration of characters ...
... happy if they miss their counter- parts ? ' JOHNSON . To be sure not , Sir . I believe mar- riages would in general be as happy , and often more so , if they were all made by the Lord Chancellor , upon a due consideration of characters ...
Page 218
... happy in the same degree . It is enough if we be happy ac- cording to our several capacities . A worthy carman will get to heaven as well as Sir Isaac Newton . Yet , though equally good , they will not have the same degrees of happiness ...
... happy in the same degree . It is enough if we be happy ac- cording to our several capacities . A worthy carman will get to heaven as well as Sir Isaac Newton . Yet , though equally good , they will not have the same degrees of happiness ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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