The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 58
... natural disposition an easy play , and yet indulge the pride of superiour genius , when he considers that by those who know him only as an author , he never ceases to be respected . Such an author , when in his hours of gloom and discon ...
... natural disposition an easy play , and yet indulge the pride of superiour genius , when he considers that by those who know him only as an author , he never ceases to be respected . Such an author , when in his hours of gloom and discon ...
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... nature a general inclination to make people stare ; and every wise man has himself to cure of it , and does cure himself . If you wish to make people stare by doing better than others , why , make them stare till they stare their eyes ...
... nature a general inclination to make people stare ; and every wise man has himself to cure of it , and does cure himself . If you wish to make people stare by doing better than others , why , make them stare till they stare their eyes ...
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... nature wise , not learned by much art ; Some knowledge on her side will all my life More scope of conversation impart ; Besides , her inborne virtue fortifie ; They are most firmly good , who best know why . When I censured a gentleman ...
... nature wise , not learned by much art ; Some knowledge on her side will all my life More scope of conversation impart ; Besides , her inborne virtue fortifie ; They are most firmly good , who best know why . When I censured a gentleman ...
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... nature , of which it is im- possible to divest it . You remember that the emperor Charles the fifth , when he read upon the tombstone of a Spanish nobleman , ' Here lies one who never knew fear , ' wittily said , ' Then he never snuffed ...
... nature , of which it is im- possible to divest it . You remember that the emperor Charles the fifth , when he read upon the tombstone of a Spanish nobleman , ' Here lies one who never knew fear , ' wittily said , ' Then he never snuffed ...
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... nature ; " ( smiling on the tragick eagerness of Garrick ; ) but composing himself , he added , Sir , this is not comparing Congreve on the whole with Shakspeare on the whole ; but only maintain- ing that Congreve has one finer passage ...
... nature ; " ( smiling on the tragick eagerness of Garrick ; ) but composing himself , he added , Sir , this is not comparing Congreve on the whole with Shakspeare on the whole ; but only maintain- ing that Congreve has one finer passage ...
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