The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... expected ; and to those who censure him , I would recommend his commentary on Milton's celebrated complaint of his situation , when by the lenity of Charles the Second , " a lenity of which , " as Johnson well ob- serves , " the world ...
... expected ; and to those who censure him , I would recommend his commentary on Milton's celebrated complaint of his situation , when by the lenity of Charles the Second , " a lenity of which , " as Johnson well ob- serves , " the world ...
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... expected , has not hitherto been done at all . He spoke well of Warburton , without insulting those whom Warburton despised . He suppressed not the imperfections of this extraordinary man , while he endeavoured to do justice to his ...
... expected , has not hitherto been done at all . He spoke well of Warburton , without insulting those whom Warburton despised . He suppressed not the imperfections of this extraordinary man , while he endeavoured to do justice to his ...
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... expected would be entertained , sat grave and silent for some time ; at last , turning to Beauclerk , he said , by no means in a whisper , " This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive . " Even the dress of a clergyman should be in ...
... expected would be entertained , sat grave and silent for some time ; at last , turning to Beauclerk , he said , by no means in a whisper , " This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive . " Even the dress of a clergyman should be in ...
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... expected ; nor to continue gloomy for the loss of his wife . Grief has its time . " The last part of this censure was theoretically made . Practically , we know that grief for the loss of a wife may be continued very long , in ...
... expected ; nor to continue gloomy for the loss of his wife . Grief has its time . " The last part of this censure was theoretically made . Practically , we know that grief for the loss of a wife may be continued very long , in ...
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... expected , had its full ( 1 ) What follows appeared in ' The Morning Chronicle " of May 29. 1782 : - " A correspondent having mentioned in The Morning Chronicle ' of De- cember 12. the last clause of the following paragraph , as seeming ...
... expected , had its full ( 1 ) What follows appeared in ' The Morning Chronicle " of May 29. 1782 : - " A correspondent having mentioned in The Morning Chronicle ' of De- cember 12. the last clause of the following paragraph , as seeming ...
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