The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... effect our purpose . To have seen it , even alone , would have given me great 1 I have lately observed that this thought has been elegantly expressed by Cowley : " Things which offend when present , and affright , In memory , well ...
... effect our purpose . To have seen it , even alone , would have given me great 1 I have lately observed that this thought has been elegantly expressed by Cowley : " Things which offend when present , and affright , In memory , well ...
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... effects are only " as yesterday , when it is past , " and never again to be perceived . I hoped that , ever after having been in this holy place , I should maintain an exem- plary conduct . One has a strange propensity to fix upon some ...
... effects are only " as yesterday , when it is past , " and never again to be perceived . I hoped that , ever after having been in this holy place , I should maintain an exem- plary conduct . One has a strange propensity to fix upon some ...
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... effect which a perusal of the tragedy here condemned had upon myself , and from the opinions of some eminent criticks , I venture to pro- nounce that it has much poetical merit ; and its authour has distinguished him- self by several ...
... effect which a perusal of the tragedy here condemned had upon myself , and from the opinions of some eminent criticks , I venture to pro- nounce that it has much poetical merit ; and its authour has distinguished him- self by several ...
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... effect of prayer for others , although we are exhorted to pray for them , is to produce good dispositions in ourselves towards them , thus expresses himself : " A plain man may be apt to ask , But if this then , though enjoined in the ...
... effect of prayer for others , although we are exhorted to pray for them , is to produce good dispositions in ourselves towards them , thus expresses himself : " A plain man may be apt to ask , But if this then , though enjoined in the ...
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... effect of causes which do not depend on ourselves , and that Horace boasts too much , when he says , æquum mi animum ipse parabo . Friday , 5th November . - The Reverend Mr. Dun , our parish minister , who had dined with us yesterday ...
... effect of causes which do not depend on ourselves , and that Horace boasts too much , when he says , æquum mi animum ipse parabo . Friday , 5th November . - The Reverend Mr. Dun , our parish minister , who had dined with us yesterday ...
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