Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D."A chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson, LLD.": pages xiv-xvii |
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... Human Wishes has less of com- mon life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his London . More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of London , than with the profound reflection of The Vanity of Human ...
... Human Wishes has less of com- mon life , but more of a philosophick dignity than his London . More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of London , than with the profound reflection of The Vanity of Human ...
Page 144
... human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of ...
... human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of ...
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... human nature , and I will venture to say , have more striking features , and nicer touches of the pencil ; and though Johnson used to quote with approbation a saying of Rich- ardson's , " that the virtues of Fielding's heroes were the ...
... human nature , and I will venture to say , have more striking features , and nicer touches of the pencil ; and though Johnson used to quote with approbation a saying of Rich- ardson's , " that the virtues of Fielding's heroes were the ...
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