The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 39
... live long , for the honour of the nation ; and that more enjoyment of your elegance , your intelligence , and your benevolence is still reserved for , dear sir , your most affectionate , & c . 5 " SAM . JOHNSON . " The Reverend Mr ...
... live long , for the honour of the nation ; and that more enjoyment of your elegance , your intelligence , and your benevolence is still reserved for , dear sir , your most affectionate , & c . 5 " SAM . JOHNSON . " The Reverend Mr ...
Page 42
... live long to promote your prosperity by his prayers . You have now a new character and new duties : think on them and practise them . " Make an impartial estimate of your revenue ; and whatever it is , live upon less . Resolve never to ...
... live long to promote your prosperity by his prayers . You have now a new character and new duties : think on them and practise them . " Make an impartial estimate of your revenue ; and whatever it is , live upon less . Resolve never to ...
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... live rationally and hospitably at home , he never could have entertained such unfavourable and unjust notions of his fellow - subjects . And ac- cordingly we find , that when he did visit Scotland , in the latter period of his life , he ...
... live rationally and hospitably at home , he never could have entertained such unfavourable and unjust notions of his fellow - subjects . And ac- cordingly we find , that when he did visit Scotland , in the latter period of his life , he ...
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... live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a very bad thing for human nature . " " It is a very good custom to keep a journal for a man's own use ; he may write upon a card a day all that is necessary to be written ...
... live better , but only makes them idler , and idleness is a very bad thing for human nature . " " It is a very good custom to keep a journal for a man's own use ; he may write upon a card a day all that is necessary to be written ...
Page 62
... live , yet this sense will have a different colouring ; and colouring is of much effect in every thing else as well as in painting . " Johnson used to say that he made it a constant rule to talk as well as he could , both as to ...
... live , yet this sense will have a different colouring ; and colouring is of much effect in every thing else as well as in painting . " Johnson used to say that he made it a constant rule to talk as well as he could , both as to ...
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