The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretched- ness . From him then his son inherited , with some other qualities , " a vile melancholy , " which , in his too strong ex- pression of any ...
... things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretched- ness . From him then his son inherited , with some other qualities , " a vile melancholy , " which , in his too strong ex- pression of any ...
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... thing else . Had my mother been more literate , they had been better companions . She might have sometimes introduced her unwelcome topick with more success , if she could have diversified her conversation . Of business she had no ...
... thing else . Had my mother been more literate , they had been better companions . She might have sometimes introduced her unwelcome topick with more success , if she could have diversified her conversation . Of business she had no ...
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... thing which Dr. Johnson wrote was poetry , whose essence consists not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy to which all the stores of nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence ...
... thing which Dr. Johnson wrote was poetry , whose essence consists not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy to which all the stores of nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence ...
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... thing , as for neglecting to know it . He would ask a boy a question , and if he did not answer it , he t Anecdotes , p . 10 . VOL . I. would beat him , without considering whether he had an ÆTAT . 3-19 . ] 17 DR . JOHNSON .
... thing , as for neglecting to know it . He would ask a boy a question , and if he did not answer it , he t Anecdotes , p . 10 . VOL . I. would beat him , without considering whether he had an ÆTAT . 3-19 . ] 17 DR . JOHNSON .
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... thing that he either heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the ...
... thing that he either heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the ...
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