The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... JOHNSON . " Why , sir , a man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him . A man , when he gets into a higher sphere , into other habits of life , cannot keep up all his former connections . Then ...
... JOHNSON . " Why , sir , a man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him . A man , when he gets into a higher sphere , into other habits of life , cannot keep up all his former connections . Then ...
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... Johnson , smiling , " what would you give to be forty years from Scotland . " I said , " I should not like to be so long absent from the seat of my ancestors . " This gentleman , Mrs. Williams , and Mr. Levet , dined with us . Dr. Johnson ...
... Johnson , smiling , " what would you give to be forty years from Scotland . " I said , " I should not like to be so long absent from the seat of my ancestors . " This gentleman , Mrs. Williams , and Mr. Levet , dined with us . Dr. Johnson ...
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... Johnson's , a barrister at law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissi- pated course of life , incompatible with that success in his profession which he once had , and would otherwise have deservedly maintained ; yet he still ...
... Johnson's , a barrister at law , of good parts , but who fell into a dissi- pated course of life , incompatible with that success in his profession which he once had , and would otherwise have deservedly maintained ; yet he still ...
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... JOHNSON . " This seems strange to Murphy and me , who never felt that anxiety , but sent what we wrote to the press , and let it take its chance . " Mrs. THRALE . " The time has been , sir , when you felt it . " JOHNSON . “ Why really ...
... JOHNSON . " This seems strange to Murphy and me , who never felt that anxiety , but sent what we wrote to the press , and let it take its chance . " Mrs. THRALE . " The time has been , sir , when you felt it . " JOHNSON . “ Why really ...
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... JOHNSON . " Why , sir , you are to consider what is the meaning of purging in the original sense . It is to expel impurities from the human body . The mind is subject to the same imperfec- tion . The passions are the great movers of ...
... JOHNSON . " Why , sir , you are to consider what is the meaning of purging in the original sense . It is to expel impurities from the human body . The mind is subject to the same imperfec- tion . The passions are the great movers of ...
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