The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... human race ; I'll sing of Chloe's charms divine , Her heav'nly voice , and beauteous face . Translation of Horace . Book II . Ode ix . CLOUDS do not always veil the skies , Nor showers immerse the verdant plain ; Nor do the billows ...
... human race ; I'll sing of Chloe's charms divine , Her heav'nly voice , and beauteous face . Translation of Horace . Book II . Ode ix . CLOUDS do not always veil the skies , Nor showers immerse the verdant plain ; Nor do the billows ...
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... human kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull crowd , in ecstacies he cries , For wealth or title , perishable prize ; While I those transitory blessings scorn , Secure of praise from ages yet unborn ...
... human kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull crowd , in ecstacies he cries , For wealth or title , perishable prize ; While I those transitory blessings scorn , Secure of praise from ages yet unborn ...
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... human nature , was at the same time visited with a disorder so afflictive , that m Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of Dr. Johnson , by John Courtenay , esq . M. P. VOL . I. Ꭰ " " they who know it by dire experience ...
... human nature , was at the same time visited with a disorder so afflictive , that m Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of Dr. Johnson , by John Courtenay , esq . M. P. VOL . I. Ꭰ " " they who know it by dire experience ...
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... human being . At Mr. Meynell's he also commenced that friendship with Mrs. Hill Boothby , sister to the present sir Brook Boothby , which continued till her death . The ' young woman whom he used to call Molley Aston ' , ' was sister to ...
... human being . At Mr. Meynell's he also commenced that friendship with Mrs. Hill Boothby , sister to the present sir Brook Boothby , which continued till her death . The ' young woman whom he used to call Molley Aston ' , ' was sister to ...
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... human nature is to be found , there is a mixture of vice and virtue , a contest of passion and reason ; and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions , but has balanced , in most countries , their particular incon ...
... human nature is to be found , there is a mixture of vice and virtue , a contest of passion and reason ; and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions , but has balanced , in most countries , their particular incon ...
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