The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , No- vember 17 , 1785 : - Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , No- vember 17 , 1785 : - Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
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... reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed til interest and envy are at an ...
... reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed til interest and envy are at an ...
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... reason to doubt . For , there is no in- stance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly ...
... reason to doubt . For , there is no in- stance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly ...
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... reason to be offended ; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter.deeply in- teresting and of great delicacy , which had been en- trusted to him in confidence : and exposed a com- plaint of his ...
... reason to be offended ; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter.deeply in- teresting and of great delicacy , which had been en- trusted to him in confidence : and exposed a com- plaint of his ...
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... reason , the disturbance or obscuration of that faculty was the evil most to be dreaded . Insanity , therefore , was the object of his most dismal apprehension ; and he fan- cied himself seized by it , or approaching to it , at the very ...
... reason , the disturbance or obscuration of that faculty was the evil most to be dreaded . Insanity , therefore , was the object of his most dismal apprehension ; and he fan- cied himself seized by it , or approaching to it , at the very ...
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