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 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... attention into minute parts , and think separately of each part . It is by contemplating a large mass of human existence , that a man , while he sets a just value on his own life , does not think of his death as annihilating all that is ...
... attention into minute parts , and think separately of each part . It is by contemplating a large mass of human existence , that a man , while he sets a just value on his own life , does not think of his death as annihilating all that is ...
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... attention , where something of more than usual importance is to be presented . Illustrious ! ' - for what ? and then the sentence proceeds to expand the circumstances con- nected with Iona . And , sir , as to metaphorical ex- pression ...
... attention , where something of more than usual importance is to be presented . Illustrious ! ' - for what ? and then the sentence proceeds to expand the circumstances con- nected with Iona . And , sir , as to metaphorical ex- pression ...
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... attention . I had long complained to him that I felt myself discontented in Scotland , as too narrow a sphere , and that I wished to make my chief residence in London , the great scene of ambi- tion , instruction , and amusement : a ...
... attention . I had long complained to him that I felt myself discontented in Scotland , as too narrow a sphere , and that I wished to make my chief residence in London , the great scene of ambi- tion , instruction , and amusement : a ...
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... attention to Taylor . He now , however , said to me , Sir , I love him ; but I do not love him more ; my regard for him does not increase . As it is said in the Apoery- pha , ' his talk is of bullocks . " I do not suppose he is very ...
... attention to Taylor . He now , however , said to me , Sir , I love him ; but I do not love him more ; my regard for him does not increase . As it is said in the Apoery- pha , ' his talk is of bullocks . " I do not suppose he is very ...
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... attention to the minutiae of life and manners . He thus characterised the Duke of Devonshire , grandfather of the present representative of that very respectable family : " He was not a man of superiour abilities , but he was a man ...
... attention to the minutiae of life and manners . He thus characterised the Duke of Devonshire , grandfather of the present representative of that very respectable family : " He was not a man of superiour abilities , but he was a man ...
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