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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... remember once to have heard Johnson say , " Sir , a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versifica- tion equal to that of Pope . " That power must un- doubtedly be allowed its due share in ...
... remember once to have heard Johnson say , " Sir , a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versifica- tion equal to that of Pope . " That power must un- doubtedly be allowed its due share in ...
Page 62
... remember that we are in the hands of Him who knows when to give and when to take away , who will 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 ...
... remember that we are in the hands of Him who knows when to give and when to take away , who will 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 ...
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... remember to have enjoyec in the whole course of my life . Mrs. Garrick , whose grief for the loss of her husband was , I be- lieve , as sincere as wounded affection and admira- tion could produce , had this day , for the first time ...
... remember to have enjoyec in the whole course of my life . Mrs. Garrick , whose grief for the loss of her husband was , I be- lieve , as sincere as wounded affection and admira- tion could produce , had this day , for the first time ...
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... remember once at the Society of Arts , when an advertisement was to be drawn up , he pointed me out as the man who could do it best . This , you will observe , was kind- ness to me . I however slipt away and escaped it . " Mrs. Carter ...
... remember once at the Society of Arts , when an advertisement was to be drawn up , he pointed me out as the man who could do it best . This , you will observe , was kind- ness to me . I however slipt away and escaped it . " Mrs. Carter ...
Page 87
... remember pressing him upon the value of the pleasures of the imagination , and , as an illus- tration of my argument , asking him , " What , Sir , supposing I were to fancy that the ( naming the most charming duchess in his majesty's ...
... remember pressing him upon the value of the pleasures of the imagination , and , as an illus- tration of my argument , asking him , " What , Sir , supposing I were to fancy that the ( naming the most charming duchess in his majesty's ...
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