“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order, a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons, and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: ...G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of ...
... human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of ...
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... Human Wishes . " The truth is , that Goldsmith himself was in a mistake . In the " Respublica Hungarica , " there is an account of a desperate rebellion in the year 1514 , headed by two brothers of the name of Zeck , George and Luke ...
... Human Wishes . " The truth is , that Goldsmith himself was in a mistake . In the " Respublica Hungarica , " there is an account of a desperate rebellion in the year 1514 , headed by two brothers of the name of Zeck , George and Luke ...
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... day . I remember , I wrote a hundred lines of ' The Vanity of Human Wishes ' in a day . Doctor ( turning to Goldsmith ) , I am not quite idle ; I made one line t'other day ; but I made BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . [ 1766 .
... day . I remember , I wrote a hundred lines of ' The Vanity of Human Wishes ' in a day . Doctor ( turning to Goldsmith ) , I am not quite idle ; I made one line t'other day ; but I made BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . [ 1766 .
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... humanity ; and as no man is good but as he wishes the good of others , no man can be good in the highest degree , who wishes not to others the largest measures of the greatest good . To omit for a year , or for a day , the most ...
... humanity ; and as no man is good but as he wishes the good of others , no man can be good in the highest degree , who wishes not to others the largest measures of the greatest good . To omit for a year , or for a day , the most ...
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... human with so terrible a mien , Debating whether they should stay or run , Virtue steps forth , and claims him for her son . With gentle speech she warns him now to yield , Nor stain his glories in the doubtful field ; But wrapt in ...
... human with so terrible a mien , Debating whether they should stay or run , Virtue steps forth , and claims him for her son . With gentle speech she warns him now to yield , Nor stain his glories in the doubtful field ; But wrapt in ...
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