The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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Page 237
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less , admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in ...
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less , admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in ...
Page 469
... less happy for being in Parliament . I never would sell my vote , and I should be vexed if things went wrong ... less , nor eat an ounce less meat . I would have knocked the factious dogs on the head , to be sure ; but I was not vexed ...
... less happy for being in Parliament . I never would sell my vote , and I should be vexed if things went wrong ... less , nor eat an ounce less meat . I would have knocked the factious dogs on the head , to be sure ; but I was not vexed ...
Page 519
... less infidelity on the Continent than there had been ; Voltaire and Rousseau were less read . I asserted , from good authority , that Hume's infidelity was certainly less read . JOHNSON . " All infidel writers drop into oblivion , when ...
... less infidelity on the Continent than there had been ; Voltaire and Rousseau were less read . I asserted , from good authority , that Hume's infidelity was certainly less read . JOHNSON . " All infidel writers drop into oblivion , when ...
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