The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... pleasure in celebrating the distin- guished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcus- able , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more ...
... pleasure in celebrating the distin- guished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcus- able , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more ...
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... pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy barefooted , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably large . His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from enjoying the ...
... pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy barefooted , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no very easy operation , as his size was remarkably large . His defective sight , indeed , prevented him from enjoying the ...
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... pleasure of examining it with Mr. Edmund Burke , who con- firmed me in this opinion , by his superior critical sagacity , and was , I remember , much delighted with the following specimen : - " The Portuguese traveller , contrary to the ...
... pleasure of examining it with Mr. Edmund Burke , who con- firmed me in this opinion , by his superior critical sagacity , and was , I remember , much delighted with the following specimen : - " The Portuguese traveller , contrary to the ...
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... pleasure to the teacher , and no great advantage to the pupils . Good temper is a most essential requisite in a Horace paints the character as preceptor . bland : 66 Ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi Doctores , elementa velint ut ...
... pleasure to the teacher , and no great advantage to the pupils . Good temper is a most essential requisite in a Horace paints the character as preceptor . bland : 66 Ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi Doctores , elementa velint ut ...
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... pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in a manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but having the enclosed poem in my hands to dispose of for the benefit of the author ( of whose abilities I shall say ...
... pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in a manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but having the enclosed poem in my hands to dispose of for the benefit of the author ( of whose abilities I shall say ...
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