The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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Page 27
... once form'd , all counsel comes too late , He flies to press , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he sees the imagin'd laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath surround his head . Warn'd by another's fate , vain youth , be wise ...
... once form'd , all counsel comes too late , He flies to press , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he sees the imagin'd laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath surround his head . Warn'd by another's fate , vain youth , be wise ...
Page 29
... once they knew ; Vexation , fury , jealousy , despair , Vex every eye , and every bosom tear ; Their foul deformities by all descried , No maid to flatter , and no paint to hide . Then melt , ye fair , while crowds around you sigh , Nor ...
... once they knew ; Vexation , fury , jealousy , despair , Vex every eye , and every bosom tear ; Their foul deformities by all descried , No maid to flatter , and no paint to hide . Then melt , ye fair , while crowds around you sigh , Nor ...
Page 37
... once seen [ I suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , entitled De Veritate Religionis , etc. he began to think him- self highly culpable for neglecting such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this ...
... once seen [ I suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , entitled De Veritate Religionis , etc. he began to think him- self highly culpable for neglecting such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this ...
Page 39
... once asked him whe- ther a person whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered " No , sir . I do not ... once observed to me , that Johnson knew more books than any man alive . He had a peculiar facility in seizing at ...
... once asked him whe- ther a person whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered " No , sir . I do not ... once observed to me , that Johnson knew more books than any man alive . He had a peculiar facility in seizing at ...
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... once memory and inven- tion ; and with little intermediate use of the pen , form and polish large masses by continued meditation , and write their productions only when , in their own opinion , they have completed them . " - ED ...
... once memory and inven- tion ; and with little intermediate use of the pen , form and polish large masses by continued meditation , and write their productions only when , in their own opinion , they have completed them . " - ED ...
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