The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 - Authors, English |
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... present state , look with pleasure upon every act of virtue to which her instructions or example have contributed . Whether this be more than a pleasing dream , or a just opinion of separate spirits , is , indeed , of no great ...
... present state , look with pleasure upon every act of virtue to which her instructions or example have contributed . Whether this be more than a pleasing dream , or a just opinion of separate spirits , is , indeed , of no great ...
Page 326
... present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsa familia de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned Pater Æneas , who was the present spes , the ...
... present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsa familia de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned Pater Æneas , who was the present spes , the ...
Page 549
... present was never a happy state to any human being ; but that , as every part of life , of which we are conscious , was at some point of time a period yet to come , in which felicity was expected , there was some happiness pro- duced by ...
... present was never a happy state to any human being ; but that , as every part of life , of which we are conscious , was at some point of time a period yet to come , in which felicity was expected , there was some happiness pro- duced by ...
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