The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... instance of Johnson's was quoted , and thought to have at least equal excellence . " : " " As Johnson always allowed the extraordinary talents of Mr. Burke , so Mr. Burke was fully sensible of the won- derful powers of Johnson . Mr ...
... instance of Johnson's was quoted , and thought to have at least equal excellence . " : " " As Johnson always allowed the extraordinary talents of Mr. Burke , so Mr. Burke was fully sensible of the won- derful powers of Johnson . Mr ...
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... instance of the niceness of his taste , though he praised West's translation of Pindar , he pointed out the following passage as faulty , by expressing a circumstance so minute as to detract from the general dignity which should prevail ...
... instance of the niceness of his taste , though he praised West's translation of Pindar , he pointed out the following passage as faulty , by expressing a circumstance so minute as to detract from the general dignity which should prevail ...
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... instance of which appeared at Ox- ford , where he expressed great dissatisfaction at his vary- ing the old established toast , Church and king . archbishop of Canterbury , ' said he , with an affected smooth smiling grimace , drinks ...
... instance of which appeared at Ox- ford , where he expressed great dissatisfaction at his vary- ing the old established toast , Church and king . archbishop of Canterbury , ' said he , with an affected smooth smiling grimace , drinks ...
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... instances , and goes through life without having it perceived : -for example , a madness has seized a person , of supposing himself obliged literally to pray continually : had the madness turned the y His profound adoration of the Great ...
... instances , and goes through life without having it perceived : -for example , a madness has seized a person , of supposing himself obliged literally to pray continually : had the madness turned the y His profound adoration of the Great ...
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... instance of the kind that was known . " " Supposing , " said he , " a wife to be of a studious or argumentative turn , it would be very troublesome - for instance , if a woman should continually dwell upon the subject of the Arian ...
... instance of the kind that was known . " " Supposing , " said he , " a wife to be of a studious or argumentative turn , it would be very troublesome - for instance , if a woman should continually dwell upon the subject of the Arian ...
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