The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect confidence of not being accused of flattery , ascribe to you . If a man may indulge an honest pride , in ...
... common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect confidence of not being accused of flattery , ascribe to you . If a man may indulge an honest pride , in ...
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... common prayer - book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs , leaving him to study it : but by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
... common prayer - book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam , you must get this by heart . " She went up stairs , leaving him to study it : but by the time she had reached the second floor , she heard him ...
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... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend ...
... common sports ; and he once pleasantly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend ...
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... common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ; he should con- fine himself to humbler themes : but the versification was truly ...
... common thought ; " that the Muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ; he should con- fine himself to humbler themes : but the versification was truly ...
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... common effect of low spirits or melancholy , to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are actually suffer- ing those evils which happen to be most strongly presented to their minds . Some have fancied themselves to be ...
... common effect of low spirits or melancholy , to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are actually suffer- ing those evils which happen to be most strongly presented to their minds . Some have fancied themselves to be ...
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