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... hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of pos- terity ; he might still be a giant among the pigmies , the one - eyed monarch of the blind . " J. BoswELL . ] the Classicks than Johnson expected , when the gen- 1780 18 THE LIFE OF.
... hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of pos- terity ; he might still be a giant among the pigmies , the one - eyed monarch of the blind . " J. BoswELL . ] the Classicks than Johnson expected , when the gen- 1780 18 THE LIFE OF.
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... hope my readers will apply them . " Who strives to mount Parnassus ' hill , " And thence poetick laurels bring , " Must first acquire due force and skill , " Must fly with swan's or eagle's wing . " Who Nature's treasures would explore ...
... hope my readers will apply them . " Who strives to mount Parnassus ' hill , " And thence poetick laurels bring , " Must first acquire due force and skill , " Must fly with swan's or eagle's wing . " Who Nature's treasures would explore ...
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... hope , in such a manner as may tend to the promotion of piety . " This is the work , which of all Dr. Johnson's wri- tings will perhaps be read most generally , and with most pleasure . Philology and biography were his favourite ...
... hope , in such a manner as may tend to the promotion of piety . " This is the work , which of all Dr. Johnson's wri- tings will perhaps be read most generally , and with most pleasure . Philology and biography were his favourite ...
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... hope of more . 99 I have not confined myself to the order of the " Lives , " in making my few remarks . Indeed a dif- ferent order is observed in the original publication , and in the collection of Johnson's Works . And should it be ...
... hope of more . 99 I have not confined myself to the order of the " Lives , " in making my few remarks . Indeed a dif- ferent order is observed in the original publication , and in the collection of Johnson's Works . And should it be ...
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... hope something of a better sentiment , which I indulge in possessing such memorials of his good will towards me , having induced me to bind them in a parcel containing other select papers , and labelled with the titles appertaining to ...
... hope something of a better sentiment , which I indulge in possessing such memorials of his good will towards me , having induced me to bind them in a parcel containing other select papers , and labelled with the titles appertaining to ...
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