The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull croud , in extacies he cries , For wealth or title , perishable prize ; While I those transitory blessings scorn , Secure of praise from ages yet unborn . " This ...
... kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull croud , in extacies he cries , For wealth or title , perishable prize ; While I those transitory blessings scorn , Secure of praise from ages yet unborn . " This ...
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... kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent , and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary , and cannot impart it ; 2 till I am known , and do not want it . I hope it is no very cynical asperity , not to confess obligations where ...
... kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent , and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary , and cannot impart it ; 2 till I am known , and do not want it . I hope it is no very cynical asperity , not to confess obligations where ...
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... kind Who cure the body or the mind , What harm in drinking can there be , Since punch and life so well agree ? " To the Idler , when collected in volumes , he added , beside the Essay on Epitaphs , and the Dissertation on those of Pope ...
... kind Who cure the body or the mind , What harm in drinking can there be , Since punch and life so well agree ? " To the Idler , when collected in volumes , he added , beside the Essay on Epitaphs , and the Dissertation on those of Pope ...
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