The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... , by correctness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . April 8 , 1799 . xxxviii EDM . MALONE . I ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION N this edition are.
... , by correctness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . April 8 , 1799 . xxxviii EDM . MALONE . I ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION N this edition are.
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... language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to ...
... language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to ...
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... language more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' 6 " The above little verses also shew that superstitious bias which ' grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , ' and , of late years ...
... language more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' 6 " The above little verses also shew that superstitious bias which ' grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , ' and , of late years ...
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... language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gun- powder plot . To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , intitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in ...
... language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gun- powder plot . To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , intitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in ...
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... language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from the pain which guilt [ namely having omitted to read what he did not understand ] had given him , he now began to deduce the soul's immortality ; [ a sensation of ...
... language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from the pain which guilt [ namely having omitted to read what he did not understand ] had given him , he now began to deduce the soul's immortality ; [ a sensation of ...
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