The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Band 6J. Murray, 1839 |
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... Nature has done more for the French ; but they have done less for themselves than the Scotch have done . ( 2 ) ( 1 ) Miss Reynolds's " Recollections " preserve this story as told her by Baretti , who was of the party : - " Going one day ...
... Nature has done more for the French ; but they have done less for themselves than the Scotch have done . ( 2 ) ( 1 ) Miss Reynolds's " Recollections " preserve this story as told her by Baretti , who was of the party : - " Going one day ...
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... Nature gives at thirty - five . Ladies , stock and tend your hive , Trifle not at thirty - five : For , howe'er we boast and strive , Life declines from thirty - five : He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty - five ; And all ...
... Nature gives at thirty - five . Ladies , stock and tend your hive , Trifle not at thirty - five : For , howe'er we boast and strive , Life declines from thirty - five : He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty - five ; And all ...
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... nature , there is in every age an extinction of some families , there would be continual openings for men ambitious of perpetuity , to plant a stock in the entail ground . " ( 1 ) JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , mankind will be better able to ...
... nature , there is in every age an extinction of some families , there would be continual openings for men ambitious of perpetuity , to plant a stock in the entail ground . " ( 1 ) JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , mankind will be better able to ...
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... nature in general : if it be false , it is a picture of nothing . For instance : suppose a man should tell that Johnson , before setting out for Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , sat down to make himself wings . This many people ...
... nature in general : if it be false , it is a picture of nothing . For instance : suppose a man should tell that Johnson , before setting out for Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , sat down to make himself wings . This many people ...
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... nature of things it cannot be : there must always be some degree of care and anxiety . The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him ; and no man , but a very impudent dog ...
... nature of things it cannot be : there must always be some degree of care and anxiety . The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him ; and no man , but a very impudent dog ...
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