The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... thing like invidious allusion to a profession that assumes the title of honourable and learned ; but our own convictions constrain us to subscribe to the description of Junius , as far at least as the intellect is con- cerned . - ED . m ...
... thing like invidious allusion to a profession that assumes the title of honourable and learned ; but our own convictions constrain us to subscribe to the description of Junius , as far at least as the intellect is con- cerned . - ED . m ...
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... things ; but there is no end of objections . There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made . " He added , " I would not have you read any thing else of Cheyne but his book on Health , and his English Malady ...
... things ; but there is no end of objections . There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made . " He added , " I would not have you read any thing else of Cheyne but his book on Health , and his English Malady ...
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... thing , probably , twenty times before . " 66 66 Of a nobleman raised at a very early period to high office , he said , " His parts , sir , are pretty well for a lord ; but would not be distinguished in a man who had nothing else but ...
... thing , probably , twenty times before . " 66 66 Of a nobleman raised at a very early period to high office , he said , " His parts , sir , are pretty well for a lord ; but would not be distinguished in a man who had nothing else but ...
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... thing to vanity : his virtues , and his vices too , were from that motive . He was not a social man . He never exchanged mind with you . " We spent the evening at Mr. Hoole's . Mr. Mickle , the excellent translator of The Lusiad , was ...
... thing to vanity : his virtues , and his vices too , were from that motive . He was not a social man . He never exchanged mind with you . " We spent the evening at Mr. Hoole's . Mr. Mickle , the excellent translator of The Lusiad , was ...
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... thing before it . Nay , Cumberland has made his odes subsidiary to the fame of another man . They might have run well enough by themselves ; but he has not only z We have here an involuntary testimony to the excellence of this admirable ...
... thing before it . Nay , Cumberland has made his odes subsidiary to the fame of another man . They might have run well enough by themselves ; but he has not only z We have here an involuntary testimony to the excellence of this admirable ...
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