The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2Gabriel Wells, 1922 - Authors, English |
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Page 73
... consider , that to this very neglect , operating to rouse the natural indolence of his constitution , we owe many valuable productions , which other- wise , perhaps , might never have appeared . He had spent , during the progress of the ...
... consider , that to this very neglect , operating to rouse the natural indolence of his constitution , we owe many valuable productions , which other- wise , perhaps , might never have appeared . He had spent , during the progress of the ...
Page 210
... consider , that in our constitution , according to its true principles , the King is the head ; he is supreme ; he is above every thing , and there is no power by which he can be tried . Therefore , it is , Sir , that we hold the King ...
... consider , that in our constitution , according to its true principles , the King is the head ; he is supreme ; he is above every thing , and there is no power by which he can be tried . Therefore , it is , Sir , that we hold the King ...
Page 236
... consider that the old gentleman's gloomy proph- ecy as to the irksomeness of books to men of an advanced age , which is too often fulfilled , was so far from being verified in Johnson , that his ardour for literature never failed , and ...
... consider that the old gentleman's gloomy proph- ecy as to the irksomeness of books to men of an advanced age , which is too often fulfilled , was so far from being verified in Johnson , that his ardour for literature never failed , and ...
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