The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... shew that superstitious bias which ' grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , ' and of late years particularly injured his happiness by presenting to him the gloomy side of religion , rather than that bright and ...
... shew that superstitious bias which ' grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , ' and of late years particularly injured his happiness by presenting to him the gloomy side of religion , rather than that bright and ...
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... shew , Around them pleasures wait , and joys for ever new . But cruel virgins meet severer fates ; Expell'd and exil'd from the blissful seats , To dismal realms , and regions void of peace , Where furies ever howl , and serpents hiss ...
... shew , Around them pleasures wait , and joys for ever new . But cruel virgins meet severer fates ; Expell'd and exil'd from the blissful seats , To dismal realms , and regions void of peace , Where furies ever howl , and serpents hiss ...
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... shews how dangerous it is to trust too implicitly to tradi- tional testimony and ingenious inference ; for Mr. Hector has lately assured me that Mrs. Piozzi's account is in this instance accurate , and that he was the person for whom ...
... shews how dangerous it is to trust too implicitly to tradi- tional testimony and ingenious inference ; for Mr. Hector has lately assured me that Mrs. Piozzi's account is in this instance accurate , and that he was the person for whom ...
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... shew , but I think myself under a restraint . I shall say so far , that I have had some by a third hand , which I understood well enough to come from the first ; others by penny - post , and others by the speakers themselves , who have ...
... shew , but I think myself under a restraint . I shall say so far , that I have had some by a third hand , which I understood well enough to come from the first ; others by penny - post , and others by the speakers themselves , who have ...
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... shew that they were written about this time , and that Johnson was now engaged in preparing an historical account of the British Parlia- ment . " TO MR . Cave . [ No date . ] " SIR , " I BELIEVE I am going to write a long letter , and ...
... shew that they were written about this time , and that Johnson was now engaged in preparing an historical account of the British Parlia- ment . " TO MR . Cave . [ No date . ] " SIR , " I BELIEVE I am going to write a long letter , and ...
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