The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common ...
... admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common ...
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... admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little pecu- liarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm ...
... admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little pecu- liarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm ...
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... admirable edition of Shak- speare , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly ob- tained , he fulfilled his promise of a long - wished - for visit to his relations in Ireland ; from ...
... admirable edition of Shak- speare , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly ob- tained , he fulfilled his promise of a long - wished - for visit to his relations in Ireland ; from ...
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... admiration . “ There are many invisible circumstances which , whe- ther we read as inquirers after natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick ...
... admiration . “ There are many invisible circumstances which , whe- ther we read as inquirers after natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick ...
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... admiration only I exprest , ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast , ) That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone this happy state remains . Here I , though faint myself , must drive my goats , Far from their ancient ...
... admiration only I exprest , ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast , ) That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone this happy state remains . Here I , though faint myself , must drive my goats , Far from their ancient ...
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