The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 |
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... occasion your usual generosity , you will not only encourage learning , and relieve distress , but ( though it be in comparison of the other motives of very small account ) oblige in a very sensible manner , Sir , ' Your very humble ...
... occasion your usual generosity , you will not only encourage learning , and relieve distress , but ( though it be in comparison of the other motives of very small account ) oblige in a very sensible manner , Sir , ' Your very humble ...
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... occasion : ' Almighty GoD , the giver of all good things , without whose help all labour is ineffectual , and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant , I beseech Thee , that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be with ...
... occasion : ' Almighty GoD , the giver of all good things , without whose help all labour is ineffectual , and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant , I beseech Thee , that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be with ...
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... occasion , adding , ' I could all along observe that Johnson seemed to approve not only of the design , but of the argu- ment ; and seemed to exult in a persuasion , that the repu- tation of Milton was likely to suffer by this discovery ...
... occasion , adding , ' I could all along observe that Johnson seemed to approve not only of the design , but of the argu- ment ; and seemed to exult in a persuasion , that the repu- tation of Milton was likely to suffer by this discovery ...
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