The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... human nature . We have the following notice in his devotional record : " August 2 , 1767. I have been disturbed and unsettled for a long time , and have been without resolution to apply to study or to business , being hindered by sudden ...
... human nature . We have the following notice in his devotional record : " August 2 , 1767. I have been disturbed and unsettled for a long time , and have been without resolution to apply to study or to business , being hindered by sudden ...
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... human kind . But this dark ground might make Goldsmith's humour shine the more . d Prayers and Meditations vol . ix . p . 231 , 232 . e In this prologue , Mr. John Taylor informed Mr. Malone , after the fourth line— “ And social sorrow ...
... human kind . But this dark ground might make Goldsmith's humour shine the more . d Prayers and Meditations vol . ix . p . 231 , 232 . e In this prologue , Mr. John Taylor informed Mr. Malone , after the fourth line— “ And social sorrow ...
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... human heart . " It always appeared to me that he estimated the com- positions of Richardson too highly , and that he had an unreasonable prejudice against Fielding . In comparing f See The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , 4th edit ...
... human heart . " It always appeared to me that he estimated the com- positions of Richardson too highly , and that he had an unreasonable prejudice against Fielding . In comparing f See The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , 4th edit ...
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... human nature , and , I will venture to say , have more striking features and nicer touches of the pencil : and though Johnson used to quote with approbation a saying of Richardson's , “ that the virtues of Fielding's heroes were the ...
... human nature , and , I will venture to say , have more striking features and nicer touches of the pencil : and though Johnson used to quote with approbation a saying of Richardson's , “ that the virtues of Fielding's heroes were the ...
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... human bodies . Johnson , at another time , praised Macaulay for his " magnanimity " in asserting this wonderful story , because it was well attested . A lady of Norfolk , by a letter to my friend Dr. Burney , has favoured me with the ...
... human bodies . Johnson , at another time , praised Macaulay for his " magnanimity " in asserting this wonderful story , because it was well attested . A lady of Norfolk , by a letter to my friend Dr. Burney , has favoured me with the ...
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