The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 59
... happy marriage will hardly fail to produce . " I do not find that I am likely to come back very soon from this place . I shall , perhaps , stay a fortnight longer ; and a fortnight is a long time to a lover absent from his mistress ...
... happy marriage will hardly fail to produce . " I do not find that I am likely to come back very soon from this place . I shall , perhaps , stay a fortnight longer ; and a fortnight is a long time to a lover absent from his mistress ...
Page 60
... happy constitution , and which , by the intrepid exertions of Mr. Wilkes , has been happily established . He said , " The duration of parliament , whether for seven years or the life of the king , appears to me so im- material , that I ...
... happy constitution , and which , by the intrepid exertions of Mr. Wilkes , has been happily established . He said , " The duration of parliament , whether for seven years or the life of the king , appears to me so im- material , that I ...
Page 63
... happy as a married man , that he wishes to be so a second time . " So ingenious a turn did he give to this delicate question . And yet , on another occasion , he owned that he once had almost asked a promise of Mrs. Johnson that she ...
... happy as a married man , that he wishes to be so a second time . " So ingenious a turn did he give to this delicate question . And yet , on another occasion , he owned that he once had almost asked a promise of Mrs. Johnson that she ...
Page 103
... happy selection and arrangement of circumstances . " Speaking of the French novels , compared with Rich- ardson's , he said , they might be pretty baubles , but a wren was not an eagle . " In a Latin conversation with the Père ...
... happy selection and arrangement of circumstances . " Speaking of the French novels , compared with Rich- ardson's , he said , they might be pretty baubles , but a wren was not an eagle . " In a Latin conversation with the Père ...
Page 118
... happy , and be a good christian . After this , -tristitiam et metus Trades protervis in mare Creticum Portare ventis . " If we perform our duty , we shall be safe and steady , Sive per , ' etc. whether we climb the highlands , or are ...
... happy , and be a good christian . After this , -tristitiam et metus Trades protervis in mare Creticum Portare ventis . " If we perform our duty , we shall be safe and steady , Sive per , ' etc. whether we climb the highlands , or are ...
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