The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... attention into minute parts , and think separately of each part . It is by contemplating a large mass of human existence , that a man , while he sets a just value on his own life , does not think of his death as annihilating all that is ...
... attention into minute parts , and think separately of each part . It is by contemplating a large mass of human existence , that a man , while he sets a just value on his own life , does not think of his death as annihilating all that is ...
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... attention from the misery which they suffer : but when they grow very ill , pleasure is too weak for them , and they seek for pain , 2 Employment , sir , and hardships , pre- vent melancholy . I suppose in all our army in America there ...
... attention from the misery which they suffer : but when they grow very ill , pleasure is too weak for them , and they seek for pain , 2 Employment , sir , and hardships , pre- vent melancholy . I suppose in all our army in America there ...
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... attention to Taylor . He now , however , said to me , 66 Sir , I love him ; but I do not love him more ; As it is said in I do not sup- His habits are my regard for him does not increase . the Apocrypha , his talk is of bullocks . " 1 ...
... attention to Taylor . He now , however , said to me , 66 Sir , I love him ; but I do not love him more ; As it is said in I do not sup- His habits are my regard for him does not increase . the Apocrypha , his talk is of bullocks . " 1 ...
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... attention to the minutia of life and manners . He thus characterised the Duke of Devonshire , grandfather of the present representative of that very respectable family : " He was not a man of superiour abilities , but he was a man ...
... attention to the minutia of life and manners . He thus characterised the Duke of Devonshire , grandfather of the present representative of that very respectable family : " He was not a man of superiour abilities , but he was a man ...
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... attention to it : though he owned to me that he was very insensible to the power of musick . I told him that it affected me to such a degree , as often to agitate my nerves painfully , producing in my mind alternate sensations of ...
... attention to it : though he owned to me that he was very insensible to the power of musick . I told him that it affected me to such a degree , as often to agitate my nerves painfully , producing in my mind alternate sensations of ...
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