The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... observed by man's self . From pleasure to bus . [ business ] to quiet ; from thoughtfulness to reflect . to piety ; from dissipation to domestic . by impercept . gradat . but the change is certain . Dial non progredi progress , esse ...
... observed by man's self . From pleasure to bus . [ business ] to quiet ; from thoughtfulness to reflect . to piety ; from dissipation to domestic . by impercept . gradat . but the change is certain . Dial non progredi progress , esse ...
Page 62
... observed how well they were expressed . " This air of indifference , which imposed upon the worthy Dodsley , was certainly nothing but a specimen of that dissimulation which Lord Chesterfield inculcated as one of the most essential ...
... observed how well they were expressed . " This air of indifference , which imposed upon the worthy Dodsley , was certainly nothing but a specimen of that dissimulation which Lord Chesterfield inculcated as one of the most essential ...
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... observed by a lady of rank and elegance , that " his melancholy was then at its meridian . " It pleased God to grant ... observation must be a man of quick appre - hension , and of a most compre - hensive genius . " The position is ...
... observed by a lady of rank and elegance , that " his melancholy was then at its meridian . " It pleased God to grant ... observation must be a man of quick appre - hension , and of a most compre - hensive genius . " The position is ...
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... observations ; for your friends here expect such a book of travels as has not been often seen . You have given us ... observed ex- cept natural curiosities . The new world must have many vegetables and animals with which philosophers ...
... observations ; for your friends here expect such a book of travels as has not been often seen . You have given us ... observed ex- cept natural curiosities . The new world must have many vegetables and animals with which philosophers ...
Page 97
... observations by which it was produced . " People , " he remarked , may be taken in once , who imagine that an author is ... observed , Sir , that you attack Garrick yourself , but will suffer nobody else to do it . " Johnson ( smiling ) ...
... observations by which it was produced . " People , " he remarked , may be taken in once , who imagine that an author is ... observed , Sir , that you attack Garrick yourself , but will suffer nobody else to do it . " Johnson ( smiling ) ...
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