The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 - Authors, English |
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... sure ; but there is no proportion between the two men ; they must not be named together . A fly , sir , may sting a stately horse and make him wince ; but one is but an insect , and the other is a horse still . " - B. he dismissed the ...
... sure ; but there is no proportion between the two men ; they must not be named together . A fly , sir , may sting a stately horse and make him wince ; but one is but an insect , and the other is a horse still . " - B. he dismissed the ...
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... sure to look for you at my arrival , and we shall easily settle the rest . I am , dear Sir , your most obedient , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON , " Of his conversation while at Oxford at this time , Mr. Warton preserved and communicated to me ...
... sure to look for you at my arrival , and we shall easily settle the rest . I am , dear Sir , your most obedient , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON , " Of his conversation while at Oxford at this time , Mr. Warton preserved and communicated to me ...
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... sure of being indemnified . LETTER 50. TO MISS CARTER . 66 Gough - Square , 14th Jan. 1756 . " MADAM , -From the liberty of writing to you , if I have hitherto been deterred from the fear of your un- derstanding , I am now encouraged to ...
... sure of being indemnified . LETTER 50. TO MISS CARTER . 66 Gough - Square , 14th Jan. 1756 . " MADAM , -From the liberty of writing to you , if I have hitherto been deterred from the fear of your un- derstanding , I am now encouraged to ...
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... of Rasselas , I will not maintain that the " morbid melancholy " in Johnson's constitution may not , perhaps , have made life appear to him more insipid and unhappy than it generally is ; for I am sure that 106 1759 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... of Rasselas , I will not maintain that the " morbid melancholy " in Johnson's constitution may not , perhaps , have made life appear to him more insipid and unhappy than it generally is ; for I am sure that 106 1759 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
Page 107
... sure that he had less enjoyment from it than I have . Yet , whatever additional shade his own particular sensations may have thrown on his representation of life , attentive observation and close inquiry have convinced me , that there ...
... sure that he had less enjoyment from it than I have . Yet , whatever additional shade his own particular sensations may have thrown on his representation of life , attentive observation and close inquiry have convinced me , that there ...
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