The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids , and wanton poets . " " Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of Greece , signs which heaven must by another miracle enable us to understand , yet might ...
... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids , and wanton poets . " " Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of Greece , signs which heaven must by another miracle enable us to understand , yet might ...
Page 253
... sure , will not be always fair ; we are not sure she will always be virtuous : and man cannot retain through life that respect and assiduity by which he pleases for a day or for a month . I do not , however , pretend to have discovered ...
... sure , will not be always fair ; we are not sure she will always be virtuous : and man cannot retain through life that respect and assiduity by which he pleases for a day or for a month . I do not , however , pretend to have discovered ...
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... sure that they were not invented ; " Why , foolish fellow , ( said Johnson , ) has he any better authority for almost every- thing that he believes ? " BosWELL . " Then the vulgar , Sir , never can know they are right , but must submit ...
... sure that they were not invented ; " Why , foolish fellow , ( said Johnson , ) has he any better authority for almost every- thing that he believes ? " BosWELL . " Then the vulgar , Sir , never can know they are right , but must submit ...
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