The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... wish , indeed , some few gross expressions had been softened , and a few of our Hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
... wish , indeed , some few gross expressions had been softened , and a few of our Hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
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... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . HIS RELIGION 35 Amidst the oppression and distraction of a 34 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . HIS RELIGION 35 Amidst the oppression and distraction of a 34 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... . Johnson's faith in Christianity , how little credit would be due to it . Mrs. Piozzi seems to wish , that the world should think Dr. HIS RELIGION 37 From this time forward religion was the 36 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... . Johnson's faith in Christianity , how little credit would be due to it . Mrs. Piozzi seems to wish , that the world should think Dr. HIS RELIGION 37 From this time forward religion was the 36 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... wishes to visit the Levant , and gave perhaps the oriental colouring which is observed in my poetry . " Byron's Life and Works , ix . 141 , Ed . 1832 . 2 Both of them used to talk pleasantly of this their first journey to London ...
... wishes to visit the Levant , and gave perhaps the oriental colouring which is observed in my poetry . " Byron's Life and Works , ix . 141 , Ed . 1832 . 2 Both of them used to talk pleasantly of this their first journey to London ...
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... wish that his life should be written . The debates in Parliament , which were brought home and digested by Guthrie , whose memory , though surpassed by others who have since followed him in the same department , was yet very quick and ...
... wish that his life should be written . The debates in Parliament , which were brought home and digested by Guthrie , whose memory , though surpassed by others who have since followed him in the same department , was yet very quick and ...
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