The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page xxix
... admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common ...
... admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common ...
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... admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you per- ceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little peculiarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary Colossus . Your very warm ...
... admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you per- ceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little peculiarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary Colossus . Your very warm ...
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... admirable edition of SHAKSPEARE , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly obtained , he fulfilled his promise of a long - wished - for visit to his relations in Ireland ; from ...
... admirable edition of SHAKSPEARE , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly obtained , he fulfilled his promise of a long - wished - for visit to his relations in Ireland ; from ...
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... a still greater distance ; and the instruction and entertainment they afford , will at once produce reverential gratitude , admiration , and delight . June 20 , 1804 . E. M. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIFTH EDITION IN N this fifth edition xxxix.
... a still greater distance ; and the instruction and entertainment they afford , will at once produce reverential gratitude , admiration , and delight . June 20 , 1804 . E. M. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIFTH EDITION IN N this fifth edition xxxix.
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... admiration . " There are many invisible circumstances , which whether we read as enquirers after natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to inlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick occurrences ...
... admiration . " There are many invisible circumstances , which whether we read as enquirers after natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to inlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick occurrences ...
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