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Nor can any one , conversanť with the writings of Johnson , fail to discern his hand in this passage of the Dedica> tion to John Warren , esq . of Pembrokeshire ,. b “ Here , ” says Murphy , in his Essay on the Life and Genius of ...
Nor can any one , conversanť with the writings of Johnson , fail to discern his hand in this passage of the Dedica> tion to John Warren , esq . of Pembrokeshire ,. b “ Here , ” says Murphy , in his Essay on the Life and Genius of ...
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tion to John Warren , esq . of Pembrokeshire , though it is ascribed to Warren the bookseller . “ A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosityo ; nor is that curiosity ever ...
tion to John Warren , esq . of Pembrokeshire , though it is ascribed to Warren the bookseller . “ A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosityo ; nor is that curiosity ever ...
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tion , supposing they perhaps might contain portions of the Rambler , or of Rasselas . I observed an apparatus for chymical experiments , of which Johnson was all his life very fond . The place seemed to be very favourable for ...
tion , supposing they perhaps might contain portions of the Rambler , or of Rasselas . I observed an apparatus for chymical experiments , of which Johnson was all his life very fond . The place seemed to be very favourable for ...
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This vanity makes one mind nurse aversions , and another actuate desires , till they rise by art much above their original state of power ; and as affecta> a tion , in time , improves to habit , they 372 THE LIFE OF [ 1763 .
This vanity makes one mind nurse aversions , and another actuate desires , till they rise by art much above their original state of power ; and as affecta> a tion , in time , improves to habit , they 372 THE LIFE OF [ 1763 .
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tion , in time , improves to habit , they at last tyrannise over him who at first encouraged them only for show . Every desire is a viper in the bosom , who , while he was chill , was harmless ; but when warmth gave him strength ...
tion , in time , improves to habit , they at last tyrannise over him who at first encouraged them only for show . Every desire is a viper in the bosom , who , while he was chill , was harmless ; but when warmth gave him strength ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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