Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D."A chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson, LLD.": pages xiv-xvii |
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Page 284
... allowed that the cir- cumstances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allusions , and bright im- ages , and ...
... allowed that the cir- cumstances of difficulty enhance the value of a marble head , we should consider , that if it ... allow it then in writing ? Why do you take the trouble to give us so many fine allusions , and bright im- ages , and ...
Page 310
... allow him to be so in publick life . People may be honest , though they are doing wrong : that is , between their Maker and them . But we , who are suffering by their pernicious conduct , are to destroy them . We are sure that- acts ...
... allow him to be so in publick life . People may be honest , though they are doing wrong : that is , between their Maker and them . But we , who are suffering by their pernicious conduct , are to destroy them . We are sure that- acts ...
Page 403
... allow to that extraordinary man the talent of wit ' , he also laughed with approbation at another of his playful conceits ; which was , that " Horace has in one line given a description of a good desirable manour : Est modus in rebus ...
... allow to that extraordinary man the talent of wit ' , he also laughed with approbation at another of his playful conceits ; which was , that " Horace has in one line given a description of a good desirable manour : Est modus in rebus ...
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