The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... seen Aught human with so terrible a mien , Debating whether they should stay or run , Virtue steps forth , and claims him for her son . With gentle speech she warns him now to yield , Nor stain his glories in the doubtful field ; But ...
... seen Aught human with so terrible a mien , Debating whether they should stay or run , Virtue steps forth , and claims him for her son . With gentle speech she warns him now to yield , Nor stain his glories in the doubtful field ; But ...
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... seen objects magnified to a much greater degree by using three or four microscopes at a time than by using one . " Now , " added Johnson , " every one acquainted with microscopes knows , that the more of them he looks through , the less ...
... seen objects magnified to a much greater degree by using three or four microscopes at a time than by using one . " Now , " added Johnson , " every one acquainted with microscopes knows , that the more of them he looks through , the less ...
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... the king as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen , " And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners D 2 ÆTAT . 58. ] 35 DR . JOHNSON . he knew, he might have been a very considerable ...
... the king as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen , " And he afterwards observed to Mr. Langton , " Sir , his manners D 2 ÆTAT . 58. ] 35 DR . JOHNSON . he knew, he might have been a very considerable ...
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... seen the experiment of placing a scorpion within a circle of burning coals ; that it ran round and round in extreme pain ; and finding no way to escape , retired to the centre , and , like a true stoick philosopher , darted its sting ...
... seen the experiment of placing a scorpion within a circle of burning coals ; that it ran round and round in extreme pain ; and finding no way to escape , retired to the centre , and , like a true stoick philosopher , darted its sting ...
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... by a philosophic ardour for the propagation of anatomical knowledge ; but we repeat , that the whole tenour of the will does not exhibit a sensitive mind.-Ed. you had seen him hold up his hand at the ÆTAT . 59. ] 53 DR . JOHNSON .
... by a philosophic ardour for the propagation of anatomical knowledge ; but we repeat , that the whole tenour of the will does not exhibit a sensitive mind.-Ed. you had seen him hold up his hand at the ÆTAT . 59. ] 53 DR . JOHNSON .
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