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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... look round upon the present time , and back upon the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined , and their claims stated , and the pretensions of Pope will be ...
... look round upon the present time , and back upon the past ; let us inquire to whom the voice of mankind has decreed the wreath of poetry ; let their productions be examined , and their claims stated , and the pretensions of Pope will be ...
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... look only to the effect which these relics may produce , considered as evidences of the virtues of their author : and believing that they will be found to display an uncommon warmth of pri- vate friendship , and a mind ever attentive to ...
... look only to the effect which these relics may produce , considered as evidences of the virtues of their author : and believing that they will be found to display an uncommon warmth of pri- vate friendship , and a mind ever attentive to ...
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... look upon us with mercy through all our vari- ations of existence , and who invites us to call on him in the day of trouble . Call upon him in this great revo- lution of life , and call with confidence . You will then find comfort for ...
... look upon us with mercy through all our vari- ations of existence , and who invites us to call on him in the day of trouble . Call upon him in this great revo- lution of life , and call with confidence . You will then find comfort for ...
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... look- ing awful , to make us feel how he could impose restraint , and as it were searching his mind for a still more ludicrous word , he slowly pronounced , " I say the woman was fundamentally sensible ; as if he had said , Hear this ...
... look- ing awful , to make us feel how he could impose restraint , and as it were searching his mind for a still more ludicrous word , he slowly pronounced , " I say the woman was fundamentally sensible ; as if he had said , Hear this ...
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... look upon myself as having a friend , another friend , taken from me . 66 Comfort , dear Madam , I would give you , if I could ; but I know how little the forms of consolation can avail . Let me , however , counsel you not to waste your ...
... look upon myself as having a friend , another friend , taken from me . 66 Comfort , dear Madam , I would give you , if I could ; but I know how little the forms of consolation can avail . Let me , however , counsel you not to waste your ...
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