The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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Page vii
... known in this country by an article in The Edinburgh Review , written in 1859 at the instance of , and partly from materials supplied by , Macaulay . The manuscript had been discovered in one of the offices of the Supreme Court at ...
... known in this country by an article in The Edinburgh Review , written in 1859 at the instance of , and partly from materials supplied by , Macaulay . The manuscript had been discovered in one of the offices of the Supreme Court at ...
Page x
... known to the present , and will continue to be the admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged ...
... known to the present , and will continue to be the admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged ...
Page xiv
... known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford ...
... known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford ...
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... known from one another but by extrinsic and casual circumstances . Let me remember , ' says Hale , when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal , that there is likewise a pity due to the country . ' If we owe regard to the memory of ...
... known from one another but by extrinsic and casual circumstances . Let me remember , ' says Hale , when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal , that there is likewise a pity due to the country . ' If we owe regard to the memory of ...
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... known with certainty beforehand , whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number that an author can please in any degree , the more pleasure ...
... known with certainty beforehand , whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the collector himself , may not be most agreeable to many ; and the greater number that an author can please in any degree , the more pleasure ...
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