The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... thought a Gothic attack , and he made a brisk defence . " 6 What , Sir , will you allow no value to beauty in architecture or in statuary ! Why should we allow it then in wri ting ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine ...
... thought a Gothic attack , and he made a brisk defence . " 6 What , Sir , will you allow no value to beauty in architecture or in statuary ! Why should we allow it then in wri ting ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine ...
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... thoughts of men , are below the notice of an immortal being about to stand the trial for eternity , before the ... thought , perhaps , that he ought not to remember them , when the offender was so soon to appear before the Supreme ...
... thoughts of men , are below the notice of an immortal being about to stand the trial for eternity , before the ... thought , perhaps , that he ought not to remember them , when the offender was so soon to appear before the Supreme ...
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... thought equally full , did not hold an equal quantity ; which he threw out to refute David Hume's saying , that a little miss , going to dance at a ball , in a fine new dress , was as happy as a great orator , after having made an ...
... thought equally full , did not hold an equal quantity ; which he threw out to refute David Hume's saying , that a little miss , going to dance at a ball , in a fine new dress , was as happy as a great orator , after having made an ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 11 |
Letters to Boswell c Religious Festivals and PilgrimagesDeath of GoldsmithGreek | 40 |
CHAPTER III | 69 |
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