The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... remark- ably and indeed absurdly unfair , writes thus : ' I have frequently observed , in comparing the conduct of the court and the country party ( i.e. the Tories and the Whigs ) , that the former are commonly less assuming and ...
... remark- ably and indeed absurdly unfair , writes thus : ' I have frequently observed , in comparing the conduct of the court and the country party ( i.e. the Tories and the Whigs ) , that the former are commonly less assuming and ...
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... remark- able instances were long remembered there . - PERCY . Acquired by wounds and battles bravely fought ! O , how my soul abhors so mean a thought ! Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes ...
... remark- able instances were long remembered there . - PERCY . Acquired by wounds and battles bravely fought ! O , how my soul abhors so mean a thought ! Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes ...
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... remark , Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , And teach the young idea how to shoot ! " we must consider that this delight is perceptible only by ' a mind at ease , ' a mind at once calm and clear : but that a mind gloomy and ...
... remark , Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , And teach the young idea how to shoot ! " we must consider that this delight is perceptible only by ' a mind at ease , ' a mind at once calm and clear : but that a mind gloomy and ...
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... remark on the galling meanness and contempt annexed to poverty . Johnson's imitation is , - Of all the griefs that harass the distrest , Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest . " Oldham's , though less elegant , is more just ...
... remark on the galling meanness and contempt annexed to poverty . Johnson's imitation is , - Of all the griefs that harass the distrest , Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest . " Oldham's , though less elegant , is more just ...
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... remarked by his friend Mr. Hector , but was imperceptibly led into some indulgences which occasioned much distress ... remark to me ; and , in support of it , quoted from the poem entitled The Bastard , a line in which the fancied ...
... remarked by his friend Mr. Hector , but was imperceptibly led into some indulgences which occasioned much distress ... remark to me ; and , in support of it , quoted from the poem entitled The Bastard , a line in which the fancied ...
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