The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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Page 237
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
Page 519
... less infidelity on the Continent than there had been ; Voltaire and Rousseau were less read . I asserted , from good authority , that Hume's infidelity was certainly less read . JOHNSON . " All infidel writers drop into oblivion , when ...
... less infidelity on the Continent than there had been ; Voltaire and Rousseau were less read . I asserted , from good authority , that Hume's infidelity was certainly less read . JOHNSON . " All infidel writers drop into oblivion , when ...
Page 574
... less oppressive . — Poor Ramsay ! 1 On which side soever I turn , mortality presents its formidable frown . I left three old friends at Lichfield , when I was last there , and now found them all dead . I no sooner lost sight of dear ...
... less oppressive . — Poor Ramsay ! 1 On which side soever I turn , mortality presents its formidable frown . I left three old friends at Lichfield , when I was last there , and now found them all dead . I no sooner lost sight of dear ...
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