The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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... admiration . His " Elfrida " is exquisite , both in poetical description and moral sentiment ; and his " Caractacus " is a noble drama . Nor can I omit paying my tribute of praise to some of his smaller poems which I have read with ...
... admiration . His " Elfrida " is exquisite , both in poetical description and moral sentiment ; and his " Caractacus " is a noble drama . Nor can I omit paying my tribute of praise to some of his smaller poems which I have read with ...
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... admiration , -judgement , to estimate things at their true value . " I still insisted that admiration was more pleasing than judgement , as love is more pleasing than friendship . The feeling of friendship is like that of being ...
... admiration , -judgement , to estimate things at their true value . " I still insisted that admiration was more pleasing than judgement , as love is more pleasing than friendship . The feeling of friendship is like that of being ...
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... admiration . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , flattery pleases very generally . In the first place , the flatterer may think what he says to be true ; but , in the second place , whether he thinks so or not , he certainly thinks those whom he ...
... admiration . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , flattery pleases very generally . In the first place , the flatterer may think what he says to be true ; but , in the second place , whether he thinks so or not , he certainly thinks those whom he ...
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... admirable demonstration of the reasonableness of the legal succession , upon the principle of there being the greatest probability that the nearest heir of the person who last dies proprietor of an estate , is of the blood of the first ...
... admirable demonstration of the reasonableness of the legal succession , upon the principle of there being the greatest probability that the nearest heir of the person who last dies proprietor of an estate , is of the blood of the first ...
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... admiration . and affection for him . I shall ever recollect this scene with great pleasure . I exclaimed to her , " I am now , intellectually , Hermip- pus redivivus , I am quite restored by him , by transfusion of mind . " " There are ...
... admiration . and affection for him . I shall ever recollect this scene with great pleasure . I exclaimed to her , " I am now , intellectually , Hermip- pus redivivus , I am quite restored by him , by transfusion of mind . " " There are ...
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