The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... present . Politeness obliges us to appear pleased with a man's works when he is present . No man will be so ill bred as to question you . You may therefore pay compliments without saying what is not true . I should say to Lord Scarsdale ...
... present . Politeness obliges us to appear pleased with a man's works when he is present . No man will be so ill bred as to question you . You may therefore pay compliments without saying what is not true . I should say to Lord Scarsdale ...
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... present , advances us in the dignity of thinking beings . Far from me , and from my friends , be such frigid philosophy , as may conduct us , indiffer- ent and unmoved , over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom , bravery , or ...
... present , advances us in the dignity of thinking beings . Far from me , and from my friends , be such frigid philosophy , as may conduct us , indiffer- ent and unmoved , over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom , bravery , or ...
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... present my readers with a series of what I gathered this evening from the Johnsonian garden . " My friend , the late Earl of Corke , had a great de- sire to maintain the literary character of his family : he was a genteel man , but did ...
... present my readers with a series of what I gathered this evening from the Johnsonian garden . " My friend , the late Earl of Corke , had a great de- sire to maintain the literary character of his family : he was a genteel man , but did ...
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... present exalted characters , and touch the noblest pas- sions , has very respectable powers ; and mankind have agreed in admiring great talents for the stage . We must consider , too , that a great player does what very few are capable ...
... present exalted characters , and touch the noblest pas- sions , has very respectable powers ; and mankind have agreed in admiring great talents for the stage . We must consider , too , that a great player does what very few are capable ...
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... present representative of that very respectable family : " He was not a man of superiour abilities , but he was a man strictly faithful to his word . If , for instance , he had promised you an acorn , and none had grown that year in his ...
... present representative of that very respectable family : " He was not a man of superiour abilities , but he was a man strictly faithful to his word . If , for instance , he had promised you an acorn , and none had grown that year in his ...
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