The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... natural ; but both information and pleasure must be regulated by propriety . Pleasure , which cannot be obtained but by unseasonable or unsuitable expense , must always end in pain ; and pleasure , which must be enjoyed at the expense ...
... natural ; but both information and pleasure must be regulated by propriety . Pleasure , which cannot be obtained but by unseasonable or unsuitable expense , must always end in pain ; and pleasure , which must be enjoyed at the expense ...
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... natural or necessary relation . When we enter a church we habitually recall to mind the duty of adora- tion , but we must not omit adoration for want of a tem- ple ; because we know , and ought to remember , that the Universal Lord is ...
... natural or necessary relation . When we enter a church we habitually recall to mind the duty of adora- tion , but we must not omit adoration for want of a tem- ple ; because we know , and ought to remember , that the Universal Lord is ...
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... nature very different from the language of literary contest . Dr. Johnson's answer appeared in the news - papers of the day , and has since been frequently re - published ; but not with perfect accuracy . I give it as dictated to me by ...
... nature very different from the language of literary contest . Dr. Johnson's answer appeared in the news - papers of the day , and has since been frequently re - published ; but not with perfect accuracy . I give it as dictated to me by ...
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... natural . His fear , in that one instance , was the result of philosophical and religious consideration . He feared death , but he fear- ed nothing else , not even what might occasion death . Many instances of his resolution may be ...
... natural . His fear , in that one instance , was the result of philosophical and religious consideration . He feared death , but he fear- ed nothing else , not even what might occasion death . Many instances of his resolution may be ...
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... the common circumstances of former composi- tions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ex- amination of it , there was found a perpetual recurrence of the same images which appear in the fragments ; 26 [ 1775 . THE LIFE of.
... the common circumstances of former composi- tions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ex- amination of it , there was found a perpetual recurrence of the same images which appear in the fragments ; 26 [ 1775 . THE LIFE of.
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