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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... poet against the illiberal attacks upon him , as if his embracing the Roman Catholic communion had been a time - serving rea- - ( 1 ) See antè , Vol . VI . p . 193. C. sure , is a piece of reasoning at once able 12 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... poet against the illiberal attacks upon him , as if his embracing the Roman Catholic communion had been a time - serving rea- - ( 1 ) See antè , Vol . VI . p . 193. C. sure , is a piece of reasoning at once able 12 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... once able and candia . Indeed , Dryden himself , in his " Hind and Panther , " hath given such a picture of his mind , that they who know the anxiety for repose as to the awful subject of our state beyond the grave , though they may ...
... once able and candia . Indeed , Dryden himself , in his " Hind and Panther , " hath given such a picture of his mind , that they who know the anxiety for repose as to the awful subject of our state beyond the grave , though they may ...
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... once he had engaged himself in disputation , [ matter ] thoughts flowed in on either side . " The abyss of an un - ideal [ emptiness ] vacancy . " These , like [ many other harlots ] , the harlots of other men , had his love though not ...
... once he had engaged himself in disputation , [ matter ] thoughts flowed in on either side . " The abyss of an un - ideal [ emptiness ] vacancy . " These , like [ many other harlots ] , the harlots of other men , had his love though not ...
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... once been asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circum- scribe poetry by a definition , will only show the nar- rowness of the definer ; though a ...
... once been asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circum- scribe poetry by a definition , will only show the nar- rowness of the definer ; though a ...
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... once , when they met almost without design , conversed without much effort , and parted without any lasting impression of hatred or affection . Yet , with all the ardour of sympathetic genius , Johnson had done that spontaneously and ...
... once , when they met almost without design , conversed without much effort , and parted without any lasting impression of hatred or affection . Yet , with all the ardour of sympathetic genius , Johnson had done that spontaneously and ...
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