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... pleasure and virtue , a struggle which will always be continued while the present system of nature shall subsist ; nor can history or poetry exhibit more than pleasure triumphing over virtue , and virtue subjugating pleasure . " DAY ...
... pleasure and virtue , a struggle which will always be continued while the present system of nature shall subsist ; nor can history or poetry exhibit more than pleasure triumphing over virtue , and virtue subjugating pleasure . " DAY ...
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... pleasure of gratifying a friend much less esteemed than yourself , before the gloomy calm of idle vacancy . Whether I shall easily arrive at an exact punctuality of correspond- ence , I cannot tell . I shall , at present , expect that ...
... pleasure of gratifying a friend much less esteemed than yourself , before the gloomy calm of idle vacancy . Whether I shall easily arrive at an exact punctuality of correspond- ence , I cannot tell . I shall , at present , expect that ...
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... pleasure in teaching it . " BoswELL : " Have you not a pleasure in teaching men ? There I have you . You have the same pleasure in teaching men that I should have in teaching children . " JOHNSON : 66 Why , something about that ...
... pleasure in teaching it . " BoswELL : " Have you not a pleasure in teaching men ? There I have you . You have the same pleasure in teaching men that I should have in teaching children . " JOHNSON : 66 Why , something about that ...
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Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
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