The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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Page 70
... Resign their charge to baseness and to ruin . I feel the soft infection Flush in my cheek , and wander in my veins . Teach me the Grecian arts of soft persuasion . Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the 70 [ 1737 . THE LIFE ...
... Resign their charge to baseness and to ruin . I feel the soft infection Flush in my cheek , and wander in my veins . Teach me the Grecian arts of soft persuasion . Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the 70 [ 1737 . THE LIFE ...
Page 71
... Sure , thou art an errour of na- ture , and an exception to the rest of thy sex , and art im- mortal ; for sentiments like thine were never to sink into nothing . I thought all the thoughts of the fair had been to select the graces of ...
... Sure , thou art an errour of na- ture , and an exception to the rest of thy sex , and art im- mortal ; for sentiments like thine were never to sink into nothing . I thought all the thoughts of the fair had been to select the graces of ...
Page 80
... Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest . Oldham's , though less elegant , is more just : Nothing in poverty so ill is borne , As its exposing men to grinning scorn . Where , or in what manner this poem was composed , I am sorry that I ...
... Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest . Oldham's , though less elegant , is more just : Nothing in poverty so ill is borne , As its exposing men to grinning scorn . Where , or in what manner this poem was composed , I am sorry that I ...
Page 88
... sure , though moderate income for his life ; and an offer being made to him of the mastership of a school ' , provided he could obtain the degree of master In a billet written by Mr. Pope in the following year , this school is said to ...
... sure , though moderate income for his life ; and an offer being made to him of the mastership of a school ' , provided he could obtain the degree of master In a billet written by Mr. Pope in the following year , this school is said to ...
Page 90
... sure your humanity , and propensity to relieve merit in distress , will incline you to serve the poor man , without my adding any more to the trouble I have already given you , than assuring you that I am , with great truth , sir ...
... sure your humanity , and propensity to relieve merit in distress , will incline you to serve the poor man , without my adding any more to the trouble I have already given you , than assuring you that I am , with great truth , sir ...
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