The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... observed , were too gross for imitation . The profits of a single poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have ...
... observed , were too gross for imitation . The profits of a single poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have ...
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... observed , " You have , however , the comfort of being relieved from a burthen of gratitude . " They were shocked a little at this alleviating suggestion , as too selfish ; but Johnson defended it in his clear and forcible manner , and ...
... observed , " You have , however , the comfort of being relieved from a burthen of gratitude . " They were shocked a little at this alleviating suggestion , as too selfish ; but Johnson defended it in his clear and forcible manner , and ...
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... observed him suddenly stop , and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement , I have seen him go back again , put himself in a proper posture to begin ...
... observed him suddenly stop , and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement , I have seen him go back again , put himself in a proper posture to begin ...
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