The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... thought it worth his while to express with any degree of point , should perish . For this almost superstitious rever- ence , I have found very old and venerable authority , quoted by our great modern prelate , Secker , in whose tenth ...
... thought it worth his while to express with any degree of point , should perish . For this almost superstitious rever- ence , I have found very old and venerable authority , quoted by our great modern prelate , Secker , in whose tenth ...
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... thought my diseases derived from her family . In ten weeks I was taken home , a poor diseased infant , nearly blind . Dr. Swinfen used to say , he never knew any child reared with so much difficulty . " See " An Account of the Life of ...
... thought my diseases derived from her family . In ten weeks I was taken home , a poor diseased infant , nearly blind . Dr. Swinfen used to say , he never knew any child reared with so much difficulty . " See " An Account of the Life of ...
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... thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one , but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he was as ...
... thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one , but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he was as ...
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... thought . Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which proud ...
... thought . Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which proud ...
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... thought of your impending fate : When some proud Grecian dame shall tasks impose , Mimick your tears , and ridicule your woes ; Beneath Hyperia's waters shall you sweat , And , fainting , scarce support the liquid weight : Then shall ...
... thought of your impending fate : When some proud Grecian dame shall tasks impose , Mimick your tears , and ridicule your woes ; Beneath Hyperia's waters shall you sweat , And , fainting , scarce support the liquid weight : Then shall ...
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