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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... talked of laying down his pen . " Society [ is so named emphatically in opposition to ] politically regulated , is a state contradistinguished from a state of nature . " A fictitious life of an [ absurd ] infatuated scholar . " A ...
... talked of laying down his pen . " Society [ is so named emphatically in opposition to ] politically regulated , is a state contradistinguished from a state of nature . " A fictitious life of an [ absurd ] infatuated scholar . " A ...
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... talked , yet when he sits , as " an ardent judge zealous to his trust , giving sentence❞ upon the excellent works of Young , he allows them the high praise to which they are justly entitled . " The Universal Passion , " says he , " is ...
... talked , yet when he sits , as " an ardent judge zealous to his trust , giving sentence❞ upon the excellent works of Young , he allows them the high praise to which they are justly entitled . " The Universal Passion , " says he , " is ...
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... talked to him of the feeble though shrill outcry which had been raised , " Sir , I considered myself as intrusted with a certain portion of truth . I have given my opi- nion sincerely ; let them show where they think me wrong . " lately ...
... talked to him of the feeble though shrill outcry which had been raised , " Sir , I considered myself as intrusted with a certain portion of truth . I have given my opi- nion sincerely ; let them show where they think me wrong . " lately ...
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... talked with some disgust of his ugliness , which one would think a philosopher would not mind . Dean Marlay wittily observed , " A lady may be vain when she can turn a wolf - dog into a lap - dog . " The election for Ayrshire , my own ...
... talked with some disgust of his ugliness , which one would think a philosopher would not mind . Dean Marlay wittily observed , " A lady may be vain when she can turn a wolf - dog into a lap - dog . " The election for Ayrshire , my own ...
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... were written , and is frequently mentioned in them . Mr. Harte was travelling tutor to both these young gentlemen : see an1è , Vol ' I. p . 135. .C . - travelled , talked to us of his " History of 52 122 1781 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... were written , and is frequently mentioned in them . Mr. Harte was travelling tutor to both these young gentlemen : see an1è , Vol ' I. p . 135. .C . - travelled , talked to us of his " History of 52 122 1781 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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