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... seems indeed to be a fit clothing for the melancholy reflections which are its chief staple , and in spite of its unmistakable power , it is as heavy reading as the heavy class of lay - sermonising to which it belongs . " 3 Of these ...
... seems indeed to be a fit clothing for the melancholy reflections which are its chief staple , and in spite of its unmistakable power , it is as heavy reading as the heavy class of lay - sermonising to which it belongs . " 3 Of these ...
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... seem to know . Women , then , are only children of a larger growth ; they have an entertaining tattle , and sometimes wit ... seems ; for weak men really do , but wise ones only seem to do it . No flattery is too high or too low for them ...
... seem to know . Women , then , are only children of a larger growth ; they have an entertaining tattle , and sometimes wit ... seems ; for weak men really do , but wise ones only seem to do it . No flattery is too high or too low for them ...
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... seems to have been formed in a kind of conspiracy against them , though it does not appear but they had themselves ... seem to have almost excluded them from content , in whatsoever condition they shall pass their lives . If they refuse ...
... seems to have been formed in a kind of conspiracy against them , though it does not appear but they had themselves ... seem to have almost excluded them from content , in whatsoever condition they shall pass their lives . If they refuse ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
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