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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... considering that all that is to be valued , or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals , is private liberty . Political liberty is good only so far as it produces private liberty . Now , Sir , there is the liberty of the press , which you ...
... considering that all that is to be valued , or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals , is private liberty . Political liberty is good only so far as it produces private liberty . Now , Sir , there is the liberty of the press , which you ...
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... considers that by those who know him only as an authour , he never ceases to be respected . Such an authour , when in his hours of gloom and discontent , may have the consolation to think , that his writings are , at that very time ...
... considers that by those who know him only as an authour , he never ceases to be respected . Such an authour , when in his hours of gloom and discontent , may have the consolation to think , that his writings are , at that very time ...
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... consider how easy it is to make people stare , by being absurd . I I may do it by going into a drawing - room without my shoes . You remember the gentleman in ' The Spectator , ' who had a commission of lunacy taken out against him for ...
... consider how easy it is to make people stare , by being absurd . I I may do it by going into a drawing - room without my shoes . You remember the gentleman in ' The Spectator , ' who had a commission of lunacy taken out against him for ...
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... consider- ably within the ranks of good . And , Sir , it must be allowed that Sheridan excels in plain declamation ... considering it as a piece of the secondary or comparative species of criticism ; and not of that profound species ...
... consider- ably within the ranks of good . And , Sir , it must be allowed that Sheridan excels in plain declamation ... considering it as a piece of the secondary or comparative species of criticism ; and not of that profound species ...
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... considering how many young people were misled by his witty , though false observations , Mrs. Montagu's Essay was of service to Shakspeare with a certain class of readers , and is , therefore , entitled to praise . Johnson , I am ...
... considering how many young people were misled by his witty , though false observations , Mrs. Montagu's Essay was of service to Shakspeare with a certain class of readers , and is , therefore , entitled to praise . Johnson , I am ...
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