The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... wishes the good of others , no man can be good in the highest degree , who wishes not to others the largest measures of the greatest good . To omit for a year , or for a day , the most efficacious method of advancing christianity , in ...
... wishes the good of others , no man can be good in the highest degree , who wishes not to others the largest measures of the greatest good . To omit for a year , or for a day , the most efficacious method of advancing christianity , in ...
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... wish to have its obscurities cleared , and to know the history , collateral or appendant . Knowledge always desires increase ; it is like fire , which must first be kindled by some external agent , but which will afterwards propagate ...
... wish to have its obscurities cleared , and to know the history , collateral or appendant . Knowledge always desires increase ; it is like fire , which must first be kindled by some external agent , but which will afterwards propagate ...
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... wishes for his success ; and if here or at Oxford I can be of any use , that I shall think it more than honour to pro- mote his undertaking . " I am sorry that I delayed so long to write . " I am , sir , " Your most humble servant ...
... wishes for his success ; and if here or at Oxford I can be of any use , that I shall think it more than honour to pro- mote his undertaking . " I am sorry that I delayed so long to write . " I am , sir , " Your most humble servant ...
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... wish I could be useful to him . " The publication of my letter , if it could be of use in a cause to which all other causes are nothing , I should not prohibit . But first , I would have you to consider whether the publication will ...
... wish I could be useful to him . " The publication of my letter , if it could be of use in a cause to which all other causes are nothing , I should not prohibit . But first , I would have you to consider whether the publication will ...
Page 32
... wishes on the subject , you are at full liberty to deliver it to that gentleman , to make such use of in his Life of Dr. Johnson as he may think proper . " - BoSWELL . and to continue his labours , then said , " 32 [ 1767 . THE LIFE OF.
... wishes on the subject , you are at full liberty to deliver it to that gentleman , to make such use of in his Life of Dr. Johnson as he may think proper . " - BoSWELL . and to continue his labours , then said , " 32 [ 1767 . THE LIFE OF.
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