The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... wish to have been concealed . But poor is the taste which can dwell on the grosser parts of the Flemish feast or fair ; and corrupt , indeed , must that man be , who , uninfluenced by their virtues , selects the failings of the good to ...
... wish to have been concealed . But poor is the taste which can dwell on the grosser parts of the Flemish feast or fair ; and corrupt , indeed , must that man be , who , uninfluenced by their virtues , selects the failings of the good to ...
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... wish that there should be . There might , indeed , be something in the con- temptuous severity as to the merit of acting , which his old preceptor nourished in himself , that would mortify Garrick after the great applause which he ...
... wish that there should be . There might , indeed , be something in the con- temptuous severity as to the merit of acting , which his old preceptor nourished in himself , that would mortify Garrick after the great applause which he ...
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... Wish , a song by Dr. Walter Pope , a verse bordering on licentiousness . Johnson rebuked him in the finest manner , by first showing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : Sir , that is not the ...
... Wish , a song by Dr. Walter Pope , a verse bordering on licentiousness . Johnson rebuked him in the finest manner , by first showing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : Sir , that is not the ...
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... wish or inclination to see him again . " This year the reverend Dr. Franklin having published a translation of Lucian , inscribed to him the Demonax thus : " To Dr. Samuel Johnson , the Demonax of the present age , this piece is ...
... wish or inclination to see him again . " This year the reverend Dr. Franklin having published a translation of Lucian , inscribed to him the Demonax thus : " To Dr. Samuel Johnson , the Demonax of the present age , this piece is ...
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... wish to be known ; -I mean , both from his own writings , and from the writings of those who dissented from his principles , or who envied his reputation . But , as to favours , he had never received or asked any from the bishop of ...
... wish to be known ; -I mean , both from his own writings , and from the writings of those who dissented from his principles , or who envied his reputation . But , as to favours , he had never received or asked any from the bishop of ...
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