The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... kind , His various plumage sporting in the wind : That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake the unfinished war ? How would the Trojans brand great Hector's name ! And one base action sully all my ...
... kind , His various plumage sporting in the wind : That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake the unfinished war ? How would the Trojans brand great Hector's name ! And one base action sully all my ...
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... kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull crowd , in ecstacies he cries , For wealth or title , perishable prize ; While I those transitory blessings scorn , Secure of praise from ages yet unborn . " This ...
... kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull crowd , in ecstacies he cries , For wealth or title , perishable prize ; While I those transitory blessings scorn , Secure of praise from ages yet unborn . " This ...
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... kind , for tender nymphs the myrtle blooms , And weaves her bending boughs in pleasing glooms ; Perennial roses deck each purple vale , And scents ambrosial breathe in every gale : Far hence are banish'd vapours , spleen , and tears ...
... kind , for tender nymphs the myrtle blooms , And weaves her bending boughs in pleasing glooms ; Perennial roses deck each purple vale , And scents ambrosial breathe in every gale : Far hence are banish'd vapours , spleen , and tears ...
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... kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , captain Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert ...
... kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , captain Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert ...
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... kind to the unthankful and to the evil . " In the forlorn state of his circumstances , he accepted of an offer to be employed as usher in the school of Market- Bosworth , in Leicestershire , to which it appears , from one of his little ...
... kind to the unthankful and to the evil . " In the forlorn state of his circumstances , he accepted of an offer to be employed as usher in the school of Market- Bosworth , in Leicestershire , to which it appears , from one of his little ...
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