The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... once the pleasure of examining it with Mr. Edmund Burke , who confirmed me in this opinion , by his superiour critical saga- city , and was , I remember , much delighted E 2 ÆTAT . 24. ] 51 DR . JOHNSON . page, though it was in reality ...
... once the pleasure of examining it with Mr. Edmund Burke , who confirmed me in this opinion , by his superiour critical saga- city , and was , I remember , much delighted E 2 ÆTAT . 24. ] 51 DR . JOHNSON . page, though it was in reality ...
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... once . In a man whom religious education has secured from licentious indulgences , the passion of love , when once it has seized him , is exceedingly strong ; being unimpaired by dissipation , and totally concentrated in one object ...
... once . In a man whom religious education has secured from licentious indulgences , the passion of love , when once it has seized him , is exceedingly strong ; being unimpaired by dissipation , and totally concentrated in one object ...
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... once possessed nearly the whole lordship of Great Peatling , about two thousand acres , and there are many monuments of them in the church ; but the estate is now much reduced . The present representative of this ancient family is Mr ...
... once possessed nearly the whole lordship of Great Peatling , about two thousand acres , and there are many monuments of them in the church ; but the estate is now much reduced . The present representative of this ancient family is Mr ...
Page 59
... once in his life be drunk , and in that fit nature got the better of his pride . ' " The following anecdotes of Dr. Johnson are recorded by the same lady . " One day that he came to my house to meet many others , we told him that we had ...
... once in his life be drunk , and in that fit nature got the better of his pride . ' " The following anecdotes of Dr. Johnson are recorded by the same lady . " One day that he came to my house to meet many others , we told him that we had ...
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... once calm and clear ; but that a mind gloomy and impetuous , like that of Johnson , cannot be fixed for any length of time in minute attention , and must be so frequently irritated by unavoidable slowness and errour in the advances of ...
... once calm and clear ; but that a mind gloomy and impetuous , like that of Johnson , cannot be fixed for any length of time in minute attention , and must be so frequently irritated by unavoidable slowness and errour in the advances of ...
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