The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his Life of Swift , and , at the same time , treated us his admirers as a set of pigmies . He who has provoked the lash of wit , cannot com- plain ...
... merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his Life of Swift , and , at the same time , treated us his admirers as a set of pigmies . He who has provoked the lash of wit , cannot com- plain ...
Page 543
... merit of endeavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
... merit of endeavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Empire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
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... Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope- 6 dancer , or a ballad - singer ? " BOSWELL 134 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
... Merit , Sir , what merit ? Do you respect a rope- 6 dancer , or a ballad - singer ? " BOSWELL 134 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
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