The Life of Samuel Johnson, Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondance and Conversations, ... and Original Pieces of His Composition, Band 4Baynes and son, 1826 |
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... kind communications have been separately interwoven in many parts of this work . Very few articles of this collection were committed to writing by himself , he not having that habit ; which he regrets , and which those who know the ...
... kind communications have been separately interwoven in many parts of this work . Very few articles of this collection were committed to writing by himself , he not having that habit ; which he regrets , and which those who know the ...
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... kind of composition a nearer approach to nature is intended . Yet there are good rea- sons for reading romances ; as - the fertility of invention , the beauty of style and expression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of ...
... kind of composition a nearer approach to nature is intended . Yet there are good rea- sons for reading romances ; as - the fertility of invention , the beauty of style and expression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of ...
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... kind , so that there was a great abundance of provisions in possession of the owners of the lands , which , since the plenty of money afforded by commerce , is no longer the case . " 66 Hospitality to strangers and foreigners in our ...
... kind , so that there was a great abundance of provisions in possession of the owners of the lands , which , since the plenty of money afforded by commerce , is no longer the case . " 66 Hospitality to strangers and foreigners in our ...
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... kind . ' Mr. Langton saying , that this effect was a fine one ; -JOHNSON . ' Yes , if it softens the mind so as to prepare it for the reception of salutary feelings , it may be good : but inasmuch as it is melancholy per se , it is bad ...
... kind . ' Mr. Langton saying , that this effect was a fine one ; -JOHNSON . ' Yes , if it softens the mind so as to prepare it for the reception of salutary feelings , it may be good : but inasmuch as it is melancholy per se , it is bad ...
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... kind that was known . " " Supposing , " said he , " a wife to be of a studious or argumentative turn , it would be very troublesome : -for instance , if a woman should continually dwell upon the subject of the Arian heresy . " " No man ...
... kind that was known . " " Supposing , " said he , " a wife to be of a studious or argumentative turn , it would be very troublesome : -for instance , if a woman should continually dwell upon the subject of the Arian heresy . " " No man ...
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