The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous : to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi, His Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies : Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor DoddG. Kearsley ... [and 5 others], 1804 - 394 страници |
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... Contempt 152 Effects not always pro- Content ibid . portioned to their Controversy 168 Causes Conveniences Convict Copies compared with Originals Courage 166 Empire 163 Employment ibid . Election 161 Elegance Elegy 191 191 192 193 187 ...
... Contempt 152 Effects not always pro- Content ibid . portioned to their Controversy 168 Causes Conveniences Convict Copies compared with Originals Courage 166 Empire 163 Employment ibid . Election 161 Elegance Elegy 191 191 192 193 187 ...
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... contempt they deserve . No man had stronger likings or aversions . His veracity was , indeed , from the most trivial to the most solemn occasions , strict even to severity ; he scorned to embellish a story with fictitious circumstances ...
... contempt they deserve . No man had stronger likings or aversions . His veracity was , indeed , from the most trivial to the most solemn occasions , strict even to severity ; he scorned to embellish a story with fictitious circumstances ...
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... contempt , but with tokens of gratitude , which he , perhaps , may even now consider , not unworthy the regard of an immortal spirit . " The circle of his friends , in the year 1752 , was ex- tensive and various ,, far beyond what has ...
... contempt , but with tokens of gratitude , which he , perhaps , may even now consider , not unworthy the regard of an immortal spirit . " The circle of his friends , in the year 1752 , was ex- tensive and various ,, far beyond what has ...
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... contempt of sleep , from which he had been roused , he repeated the festive lines . : " Short , O fhort then be thy reign , " And give us to the world again . " They did not stay long , but walked down to the Thames , took a boat , and ...
... contempt of sleep , from which he had been roused , he repeated the festive lines . : " Short , O fhort then be thy reign , " And give us to the world again . " They did not stay long , but walked down to the Thames , took a boat , and ...
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... contempt of death , how speciously soever it might mingle with Heathen virtues , has nothing suitable to Christian penitence . Many motives impel me to beg . earnestly for life . I feel the natural horror of a violent death , and the ...
... contempt of death , how speciously soever it might mingle with Heathen virtues , has nothing suitable to Christian penitence . Many motives impel me to beg . earnestly for life . I feel the natural horror of a violent death , and the ...
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