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Page xxx
When Akenside's Pleasures of the Imagination ' first came out , he did not put his
name to the poem . Rolt went over to Dublin , published an edition of it , and put
his own name to it . Upon the fame of this he lived for several months , being ...
When Akenside's Pleasures of the Imagination ' first came out , he did not put his
name to the poem . Rolt went over to Dublin , published an edition of it , and put
his own name to it . Upon the fame of this he lived for several months , being ...
Page xlv
If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary,
mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcusable, in appearing
fully sensible of it, where can I find one in complimenting whom I can with more ...
If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary,
mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcusable, in appearing
fully sensible of it, where can I find one in complimenting whom I can with more ...
Page xlvii
This, however, I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure
which my book should afford; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed
of its gratifications. I am, My dear Sir, Your much obliged friend, And faithful ...
This, however, I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure
which my book should afford; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed
of its gratifications. I am, My dear Sir, Your much obliged friend, And faithful ...
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... and the greater number that an authour can please in any degree, the more
pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind. To those who are weak enough
to think this a degrading task, and the time and labour which have been devoted
to ...
... and the greater number that an authour can please in any degree, the more
pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind. To those who are weak enough
to think this a degrading task, and the time and labour which have been devoted
to ...
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This was the course of the school , he writes , " which I remember with pleasure ;
for I was indulged and caressed by my master , and , I think , really excelled the
icst . At this removal I cried ; the rest were indifferent . I made all the twenty - five ...
This was the course of the school , he writes , " which I remember with pleasure ;
for I was indulged and caressed by my master , and , I think , really excelled the
icst . At this removal I cried ; the rest were indifferent . I made all the twenty - five ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2007 |
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