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... opinion of all mankind , a notion , that to be rich was to be great and happy , I thought I had ob- tained my advantages at an easy rate . " 2 Mercator , a London tradesman , writes of his early experiences : " My beginning was narrow ...
... opinion of all mankind , a notion , that to be rich was to be great and happy , I thought I had ob- tained my advantages at an easy rate . " 2 Mercator , a London tradesman , writes of his early experiences : " My beginning was narrow ...
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His Opinions on Men, Morals and Manners, a Study Octavius Francis Christie. RURAL ECCENTRICITIES 171 opinion are gradually worn away by promiscuous con- verse , as angular bodies and uneven surfaces lose their points and asperities by ...
His Opinions on Men, Morals and Manners, a Study Octavius Francis Christie. RURAL ECCENTRICITIES 171 opinion are gradually worn away by promiscuous con- verse , as angular bodies and uneven surfaces lose their points and asperities by ...
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His Opinions on Men, Morals and Manners, a Study Octavius Francis Christie. CHESTERFIELD AND WOMEN 223 know that , as a moralist , he was anti - Fielding 1 and pro - Richardson , but his opinion of Richardson is also on record , " that ...
His Opinions on Men, Morals and Manners, a Study Octavius Francis Christie. CHESTERFIELD AND WOMEN 223 know that , as a moralist , he was anti - Fielding 1 and pro - Richardson , but his opinion of Richardson is also on record , " that ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
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