The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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Page 87
... happy fav'rites see ; Mark whom the great caress , who frown on me . Has heaven reserv'd , in pity to the poor , No pathless waste , or undiscover'd shore ? No secret island in the boundless main ? No peaceful desert yet unclaim'd by ...
... happy fav'rites see ; Mark whom the great caress , who frown on me . Has heaven reserv'd , in pity to the poor , No pathless waste , or undiscover'd shore ? No secret island in the boundless main ? No peaceful desert yet unclaim'd by ...
Page 89
... happy for life , by not being a master of arts ; which , by the statutes of this school , the master of it must be . " Now these gentlemen do me the honour to think that I have interest enough in you , to prevail upon you to write 1793 ...
... happy for life , by not being a master of arts ; which , by the statutes of this school , the master of it must be . " Now these gentlemen do me the honour to think that I have interest enough in you , to prevail upon you to write 1793 ...
Page 98
... happy to relate , that this telum imbelle ' did not reach its exalted object till about a year after it thus appeared , when I mentioned it to him , supposing that he knew of the republication . To my surprise , he had not yet heard of ...
... happy to relate , that this telum imbelle ' did not reach its exalted object till about a year after it thus appeared , when I mentioned it to him , supposing that he knew of the republication . To my surprise , he had not yet heard of ...
Page 108
... happy conciliation of interests , it is brought to pass , that in a body made up of different communities and different religions , there should be no civil commotions , though the people are so warlike , that to nominate and raise an ...
... happy conciliation of interests , it is brought to pass , that in a body made up of different communities and different religions , there should be no civil commotions , though the people are so warlike , that to nominate and raise an ...
Page 117
... happy t'other day.'How could that be , ' says Harte ; ' nobody was there but ourselves . ' Cave answered , by reminding him that a plate of victuals was sent behind a screen , which was to Johnson , dressed so shabbily , that he did not ...
... happy t'other day.'How could that be , ' says Harte ; ' nobody was there but ourselves . ' Cave answered , by reminding him that a plate of victuals was sent behind a screen , which was to Johnson , dressed so shabbily , that he did not ...
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