The Letters of Samuel Johnson with Mrs. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him: 1719-1774Clarendon Press, 1952 - 1008 pages |
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... thought in its finest precision . On consideration it appeared , moreover , that in the description of a model life holy dying should be the close of holy living , and that the words ' useful , wise , and innocent ' do not include the ...
... thought in its finest precision . On consideration it appeared , moreover , that in the description of a model life holy dying should be the close of holy living , and that the words ' useful , wise , and innocent ' do not include the ...
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... thought of giving away the money ' very well , but when I consider that Tom Johnson is my nearest relation , and that he is now old and in great want , that he was my playfellow in childhood , and has never done anything to offend me ...
... thought of giving away the money ' very well , but when I consider that Tom Johnson is my nearest relation , and that he is now old and in great want , that he was my playfellow in childhood , and has never done anything to offend me ...
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... thought , as he thought before , that privation of pleasure can never please , and that content is not to be much envied when it has no other principle than ignorance of good . This gloomy tranquillity which some may call fortitude ...
... thought , as he thought before , that privation of pleasure can never please , and that content is not to be much envied when it has no other principle than ignorance of good . This gloomy tranquillity which some may call fortitude ...
Contents
VOLUME I | 1 |
Life ii 289 Journey to Western Islands Taxation | 2 |
Life i 112 London a Poem | 7 |
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