Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... means of wintering in Italy . After staying at Lichfield , Ashbourne , and Oxford , Johnson returns to London ( Nov. ) , and dies at Bolt Court , Dec. 13 . 1785. Johnson's Prayers and Meditations published by George Strahan . Boswell's ...
... means of wintering in Italy . After staying at Lichfield , Ashbourne , and Oxford , Johnson returns to London ( Nov. ) , and dies at Bolt Court , Dec. 13 . 1785. Johnson's Prayers and Meditations published by George Strahan . Boswell's ...
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... means but drinking . " 1 [ Surely it is no fallacy , but a sound and rational argument . He who is perfectly well , and apprehensive concerning the state of another at a distance from him , knows to a certainty that the fears of that ...
... means but drinking . " 1 [ Surely it is no fallacy , but a sound and rational argument . He who is perfectly well , and apprehensive concerning the state of another at a distance from him , knows to a certainty that the fears of that ...
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... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and ...
... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and ...
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... means of terrour and pity . For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal ...
... means of terrour and pity . For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage , that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal ...
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... means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear- baiting , will raise the spirits of a ...
... means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear- baiting , will raise the spirits of a ...
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