The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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Page 78
... common man is very little exasperated by the supposed usurpation of an acknowledged superiour . He bears only his little share of a general evil , and suffers in common with the whole parish : but when the contest is between equals ...
... common man is very little exasperated by the supposed usurpation of an acknowledged superiour . He bears only his little share of a general evil , and suffers in common with the whole parish : but when the contest is between equals ...
Page 387
... common thing in a strange dress till he does not know it himself , and thinks other people do not know it . ' BOSWELL . ' That is owing to his being so much versant in old English poetry . ' JOHNSON . ' What is that to the purpose , Sir ...
... common thing in a strange dress till he does not know it himself , and thinks other people do not know it . ' BOSWELL . ' That is owing to his being so much versant in old English poetry . ' JOHNSON . ' What is that to the purpose , Sir ...
Page 392
... common . We are apt to transfer to all around us our own gloom , I don't know how without considering that at any given point of time there common ... but not is , perhaps , as much youth and gaiety in the world as at natural in the ...
... common . We are apt to transfer to all around us our own gloom , I don't know how without considering that at any given point of time there common ... but not is , perhaps , as much youth and gaiety in the world as at natural in the ...
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