The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfetation , this teeming of the press in modern ...
Page 356
... less infidelity on the continent than there had been ; ' Voltaire and Rousseau were less read . I asserted from good authority , that Hume's infidelity was certainly less read . JOHNSON . " All infidel writers drop into oblivion when ...
... less infidelity on the continent than there had been ; ' Voltaire and Rousseau were less read . I asserted from good authority , that Hume's infidelity was certainly less read . JOHNSON . " All infidel writers drop into oblivion when ...
Page 409
... less satisfaction , that , for about a week past , my asthma has been less afflictive . ” “ Lichfield , Oct. 2. — I believe you had been long enough acquainted with the phænomena of sickness not to be surprised that a sick man wishes to ...
... less satisfaction , that , for about a week past , my asthma has been less afflictive . ” “ Lichfield , Oct. 2. — I believe you had been long enough acquainted with the phænomena of sickness not to be surprised that a sick man wishes to ...
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