The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 páginas |
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... seems to have made little alteration in his more experienced days ; and it must be added , that in point of smoothness , little improve- ment could have been made . After a refidence of two years at home , Mr. Andrew Corbet , a ...
... seems to have made little alteration in his more experienced days ; and it must be added , that in point of smoothness , little improve- ment could have been made . After a refidence of two years at home , Mr. Andrew Corbet , a ...
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... seems not to have attained all the tranquillity and affurance in his prac- tice of its duties that are so earnestly to be defired . His fentiments , upon points of abstract virtue and rectitude , were in the highest degree elevated and ...
... seems not to have attained all the tranquillity and affurance in his prac- tice of its duties that are so earnestly to be defired . His fentiments , upon points of abstract virtue and rectitude , were in the highest degree elevated and ...
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... seems to have yielded to that indifference to fame and improvement , which is the off- fpring of defpair . He was generally feen , " fays Dr. Percy , 66 lounging at the college gate , with a circle of young ftu- dents round him , whom ...
... seems to have yielded to that indifference to fame and improvement , which is the off- fpring of defpair . He was generally feen , " fays Dr. Percy , 66 lounging at the college gate , with a circle of young ftu- dents round him , whom ...
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... seem from this letter , though fubfcribed with his own name , that he had not yet been introduced to Mr. Cave . In the course of the fummer , he return- ed to Litchfield , where he had left his wife ; and there he at last finished his ...
... seem from this letter , though fubfcribed with his own name , that he had not yet been introduced to Mr. Cave . In the course of the fummer , he return- ed to Litchfield , where he had left his wife ; and there he at last finished his ...
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... seems at leaft most likely , therefore , that the language and il- luftrations are Johnson's own , but that the arguments and general arrangements were taken from the several speeches spoken in either House . The trade of writing was ...
... seems at leaft most likely , therefore , that the language and il- luftrations are Johnson's own , but that the arguments and general arrangements were taken from the several speeches spoken in either House . The trade of writing was ...
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