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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... give the mass rotundity . I thought this as excellent in its species of power , as making good verses in its species . Yet I had no respect for this potter . Neither , indeed , has a man of any extent of thinking for a mere verse- maker ...
... give the mass rotundity . I thought this as excellent in its species of power , as making good verses in its species . Yet I had no respect for this potter . Neither , indeed , has a man of any extent of thinking for a mere verse- maker ...
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... give me pain , as it would counteract my internal in- clination . I would have something that can dissipate the vis inertia , and give elasticity to the muscles . As I imagine that the human body may be put , by the operation of other ...
... give me pain , as it would counteract my internal in- clination . I would have something that can dissipate the vis inertia , and give elasticity to the muscles . As I imagine that the human body may be put , by the operation of other ...
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... give it tension or relaxation ; and surely it is possible to bring it into a state in which rising from bed will not be a pain . Johnson observed , that " a man should take a suf- ficient quantity of sleep , which Dr. Mead says is ...
... give it tension or relaxation ; and surely it is possible to bring it into a state in which rising from bed will not be a pain . Johnson observed , that " a man should take a suf- ficient quantity of sleep , which Dr. Mead says is ...
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... give up . " Why , sir ( said he ) , there is no doubt that not to drink wine is a great deduction from life ; but it may be necessary . " He however owned , that in his opinion a free use of wine did not shorten life ; and said , he ...
... give up . " Why , sir ( said he ) , there is no doubt that not to drink wine is a great deduction from life ; but it may be necessary . " He however owned , that in his opinion a free use of wine did not shorten life ; and said , he ...
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... gives you two ideas for one ; conveys the meaning more luminously , and ̧ generally with a perception of delight . " He told me , that he had been asked to undertake the new edition of the Biographia Britannica , but had declined it ...
... gives you two ideas for one ; conveys the meaning more luminously , and ̧ generally with a perception of delight . " He told me , that he had been asked to undertake the new edition of the Biographia Britannica , but had declined it ...
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