The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page xxvi
... means too highly - pitched justification , " there is something pleasingly in- teresting , to many , in tracing so great a man through all his different habitations . " AUSTIN DOBSON . EALING , July 1901 . 8 Thadows we are and Like ...
... means too highly - pitched justification , " there is something pleasingly in- teresting , to many , in tracing so great a man through all his different habitations . " AUSTIN DOBSON . EALING , July 1901 . 8 Thadows we are and Like ...
Page xxx
... means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it ...
... means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it ...
Page xl
... means many errours of the press , occasioned by repeated impressions , have been discovered . All these have been carefully amended . - Several new notes and some letters have been added ; and in the Index , -a very useful appendage to ...
... means many errours of the press , occasioned by repeated impressions , have been discovered . All these have been carefully amended . - Several new notes and some letters have been added ; and in the Index , -a very useful appendage to ...
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... means of the rod.1 " I would rather ( said he ) have the rod to be the general terrour to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod ...
... means of the rod.1 " I would rather ( said he ) have the rod to be the general terrour to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod ...
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... mean a thought . Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which ...
... mean a thought . Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which ...
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