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... necessary to Hope.- " Yet it is necessary to hope , though hope should always be deluded ; for hope itself is happiness , and its frustrations , however frequent , are yet less dreadful than its extinction . " 2 Avoid Scrupulosity ...
... necessary to Hope.- " Yet it is necessary to hope , though hope should always be deluded ; for hope itself is happiness , and its frustrations , however frequent , are yet less dreadful than its extinction . " 2 Avoid Scrupulosity ...
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... necessary ; but it broke our con- stitution . ' OGLETHORPE . ' My father did not think it necessary ' " ( Ibid . , iv . 170-171 , 22nd March 1783 ) . ( and I think to a great extent unjustly )
... necessary ; but it broke our con- stitution . ' OGLETHORPE . ' My father did not think it necessary ' " ( Ibid . , iv . 170-171 , 22nd March 1783 ) . ( and I think to a great extent unjustly )
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... necessary to regulate his conversation by antiquated rules , will be rather despised for his futility than caressed for his politeness . " Miss Burney , twenty - eight years later , records that , " Dr Johnson was talking to her [ Mrs ...
... necessary to regulate his conversation by antiquated rules , will be rather despised for his futility than caressed for his politeness . " Miss Burney , twenty - eight years later , records that , " Dr Johnson was talking to her [ Mrs ...
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INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
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