The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Band 1H.G. Bohn, 1844 |
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... nature and con- viviality with the lowest . He describes society of all classes with the happiest discrimination . Even his foibles assisted his curiosity ; he was sometimes laughed at , but always well received ; he excited no envy ...
... nature and con- viviality with the lowest . He describes society of all classes with the happiest discrimination . Even his foibles assisted his curiosity ; he was sometimes laughed at , but always well received ; he excited no envy ...
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... nature and social feeling always inclined him to endea- vour to produce that effect ; which was so well known , that when he appeared , he was hailed as the harbinger of festivity . Sir Joshua was never more happy than when , on such ...
... nature and social feeling always inclined him to endea- vour to produce that effect ; which was so well known , that when he appeared , he was hailed as the harbinger of festivity . Sir Joshua was never more happy than when , on such ...
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... to suggest , that the nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has occa- sioned.
... to suggest , that the nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has occa- sioned.
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... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the Odyssey . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instruc- tive episodes the Hero is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and HE , in the whole ...
... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the Odyssey . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instruc- tive episodes the Hero is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and HE , in the whole ...
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... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " should I not speak ? Let me then ...
... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " should I not speak ? Let me then ...
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