The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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Page 119
... 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 Human ...
Page 143
... wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy.1 Whoever wishes to attain an ...
... wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy.1 Whoever wishes to attain an ...
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... wishes can prolong life , till she shall in time be as old . But she differs in this , that she has not scattered ... wish I could tell you of any great good to which I was approaching , but at present my prospects 2 Mr. Dodsley , the ...
... wishes can prolong life , till she shall in time be as old . But she differs in this , that she has not scattered ... wish I could tell you of any great good to which I was approaching , but at present my prospects 2 Mr. Dodsley , the ...
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