The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... present pleasures and present pains must be felt . I lately read " Rasselas " over again with satisfaction . ' Since you are desirous to hear about Macquarry's sale , I shall inform you particularly . The gentleman who pur- chased Ulva ...
... present pleasures and present pains must be felt . I lately read " Rasselas " over again with satisfaction . ' Since you are desirous to hear about Macquarry's sale , I shall inform you particularly . The gentleman who pur- chased Ulva ...
Page 399
... present , advances us in the dignity of thinking frigid philosophy [ H ] beings . Far from me , and from my friends , be such frigid philosophy , as may conduct us , indifferent and unmoved , over any ground which has been dignified by ...
... present , advances us in the dignity of thinking frigid philosophy [ H ] beings . Far from me , and from my friends , be such frigid philosophy , as may conduct us , indifferent and unmoved , over any ground which has been dignified by ...
Page 454
... present the day before , when Mrs. Montague , the literary lady , sat to Miss Reynolds for her picture ; and that she said , ' she had bound up Mr. Gibbon's History without the last two offensive chapters ; 2 for that she thought the ...
... present the day before , when Mrs. Montague , the literary lady , sat to Miss Reynolds for her picture ; and that she said , ' she had bound up Mr. Gibbon's History without the last two offensive chapters ; 2 for that she thought the ...
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