The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... human heart ; and , in a word , a more just or pleasant , a more engaging or a more improving treatise , on all the excellencies and defects of human nature , is scarce to be found in our own , or perhaps , any other language . " 1 ...
... human heart ; and , in a word , a more just or pleasant , a more engaging or a more improving treatise , on all the excellencies and defects of human nature , is scarce to be found in our own , or perhaps , any other language . " 1 ...
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... Human Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of ...
... Human Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of ...
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... human being , whose mind is not debauched , will be willing to give all that he has , to get knowledge . " We landed at the Old Swan , and walked to Billingsgate , where we took oars and moved smoothly along the silver Thames . It was a ...
... human being , whose mind is not debauched , will be willing to give all that he has , to get knowledge . " We landed at the Old Swan , and walked to Billingsgate , where we took oars and moved smoothly along the silver Thames . It was a ...
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