“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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... true . A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied , but not equally happy . Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness . A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher . " I ...
... true . A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied , but not equally happy . Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness . A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher . " I ...
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... true that men are naturally equal , that no two people can be half an hour together , but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other . " I mentioned the advice given us by philosophers , to console our- selves , when ...
... true that men are naturally equal , that no two people can be half an hour together , but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other . " I mentioned the advice given us by philosophers , to console our- selves , when ...
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... true , Sir , that she wrote it before she was acquainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " " The Fountains , " a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite ...
... true , Sir , that she wrote it before she was acquainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " " The Fountains , " a beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite ...
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... true politeness than Johnson did in this instance . 66 His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal , Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the ...
... true politeness than Johnson did in this instance . 66 His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal , Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the ...
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... True , Sir , " said Johnson , " but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his ingenious comments on " The Essay of Man . " - Boswell . a very considerable man , and needed not to have AGE 58 ...
... True , Sir , " said Johnson , " but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his ingenious comments on " The Essay of Man . " - Boswell . a very considerable man , and needed not to have AGE 58 ...
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