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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... true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is such a cloud of words sometimes , that the sense can hardly peep through . Shiels , who compiled Cibber's Lives of the Poets , ' was one day ...
... true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is such a cloud of words sometimes , that the sense can hardly peep through . Shiels , who compiled Cibber's Lives of the Poets , ' was one day ...
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... true of some particular man . " William Forbes said , ( 6 Might not a man warmed with wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire ? " — " Nay , ( said Johnson laughing , ) I cannot answer that ...
... true of some particular man . " William Forbes said , ( 6 Might not a man warmed with wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire ? " — " Nay , ( said Johnson laughing , ) I cannot answer that ...
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... true , that all his relief from unhappiness is only for- ' getting himself for a little while . Life is a progress from want to want , not from enjoyment to enjoy- ment . " 66 Though many men are nominally entrusted with the ...
... true , that all his relief from unhappiness is only for- ' getting himself for a little while . Life is a progress from want to want , not from enjoyment to enjoy- ment . " 66 Though many men are nominally entrusted with the ...
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... true , as appears from Dr. Hurd the Bishop of Worcester's very elegant commentary and notes on the " Epistola ad Pisones . " It is necessary to a fair consideration of the question , that the whole passage in which the words occur ...
... true , as appears from Dr. Hurd the Bishop of Worcester's very elegant commentary and notes on the " Epistola ad Pisones . " It is necessary to a fair consideration of the question , that the whole passage in which the words occur ...
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... true one , and every reader has a right to decide as it may strike his own fancy . And even should the words be understood as they generally are , to be connected both with what goes before and what comes after , the exact sense cannot ...
... true one , and every reader has a right to decide as it may strike his own fancy . And even should the words be understood as they generally are , to be connected both with what goes before and what comes after , the exact sense cannot ...
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