The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 38
... pleasure which he must have felt in for ever silencing all attempts to lessen his poetical fame , by demonstrating his excellence , and pronouncing the following triumphant eulogium : - " After all this , it is surely superfluous to ...
... pleasure which he must have felt in for ever silencing all attempts to lessen his poetical fame , by demonstrating his excellence , and pronouncing the following triumphant eulogium : - " After all this , it is surely superfluous to ...
Page 47
... pleasure , the death of his wife , whom he is said to have lamented with such sorrow , as hastened his end ' . ] His end , whatever was the cause , was now approaching . b I should have thought that Johnson , who had felt the severe ...
... pleasure , the death of his wife , whom he is said to have lamented with such sorrow , as hastened his end ' . ] His end , whatever was the cause , was now approaching . b I should have thought that Johnson , who had felt the severe ...
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... pleasure is communicated to a sus- ceptible mind ; and that Johnson was capable of feeling the most delicate and disinterested attachment , appears from the following letter , which is published by Mrs. Thrale , with some others to the ...
... pleasure is communicated to a sus- ceptible mind ; and that Johnson was capable of feeling the most delicate and disinterested attachment , appears from the following letter , which is published by Mrs. Thrale , with some others to the ...
Page 53
... pleasure to observe , that however Johnson may have casually talked , yet when he sits as " an ardent judge zealous to his trust , giving sentence " upon the excellent works of Young , he allows them the high praise to which they are ...
... pleasure to observe , that however Johnson may have casually talked , yet when he sits as " an ardent judge zealous to his trust , giving sentence " upon the excellent works of Young , he allows them the high praise to which they are ...
Page 59
... pleasure of sending them to you , for the use to which you informed me it was your desire to destine them . 66 My promise was pledged with the condition , that if the letters were found to contain any thing which should render them ...
... pleasure of sending them to you , for the use to which you informed me it was your desire to destine them . 66 My promise was pledged with the condition , that if the letters were found to contain any thing which should render them ...
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