The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... nature of which eludes the most minute inquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an un- concern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretched ...
... nature of which eludes the most minute inquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an un- concern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretched ...
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... nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their blended illustrations in a language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' " The above little verses also show that ...
... nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their blended illustrations in a language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' " The above little verses also show that ...
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... nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . When he and I were travelling in the High- lands of Scotland , and I pointed out to him a mountain which I observed resembled a cone , he corrected my inac- curacy , by ...
... nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . When he and I were travelling in the High- lands of Scotland , and I pointed out to him a mountain which I observed resembled a cone , he corrected my inac- curacy , by ...
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... natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind , of which he could not but be conscious by comparison ; the intellectual difference , which in other cases of comparison of characters , is often a matter of undecided ...
... natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind , of which he could not but be conscious by comparison ; the intellectual difference , which in other cases of comparison of characters , is often a matter of undecided ...
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... nature . Talking to me once him- self of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one , but such a one is ...
... nature . Talking to me once him- self of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one , but such a one is ...
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