The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... known from one another but by extrinsick and casual circumstances . Let me remem- ber , ' says Hale , ' when I find myself inclined to pity a cri- minal , that there is likewise a pity due to the country . ' If we owe regard to the ...
... known from one another but by extrinsick and casual circumstances . Let me remem- ber , ' says Hale , ' when I find myself inclined to pity a cri- minal , that there is likewise a pity due to the country . ' If we owe regard to the ...
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... from the diversity of disposi- tions it cannot be known with certainty beforehand , whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the col- Rambler , No. 60 . lector himself , may not be most agreeable to many 8 THE LIFE OF.
... from the diversity of disposi- tions it cannot be known with certainty beforehand , whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the col- Rambler , No. 60 . lector himself , may not be most agreeable to many 8 THE LIFE OF.
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... known to be a weariness of life , an un- concern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretched- ness . From him then his son inherited , with some other qualities , " a vile ...
... known to be a weariness of life , an un- concern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretched- ness . From him then his son inherited , with some other qualities , " a vile ...
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... known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to archbishop Boulter , and by that connexion obtained good preferment in Ire- land . He was a younger son of the ancient family of Con- greve , in ...
... known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to archbishop Boulter , and by that connexion obtained good preferment in Ire- land . He was a younger son of the ancient family of Con- greve , in ...
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... known at the universities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke college , told me , I was the best qualified ÆTAT . 3-19 ...
... known at the universities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke college , told me , I was the best qualified ÆTAT . 3-19 ...
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