The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... humanity would be the most prevailing argument with his friend , went to Johnson , and represented to him that the printer could have no other em- ployment till this undertaking was finished , and that the poor man and his family were ...
... humanity would be the most prevailing argument with his friend , went to Johnson , and represented to him that the printer could have no other em- ployment till this undertaking was finished , and that the poor man and his family were ...
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... human breast Torments alike with raging fires : With bright , but oft destructive , gleam , Alike o'er all his lightnings fly ; Thy lambent glories only beam Around the fav'rites of the sky . Thy gentle flows of guiltless joys On fools ...
... human breast Torments alike with raging fires : With bright , but oft destructive , gleam , Alike o'er all his lightnings fly ; Thy lambent glories only beam Around the fav'rites of the sky . Thy gentle flows of guiltless joys On fools ...
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... Human Wishes " -Tragedy of " Irene " performed at Drury - lane Theatre - Commencement of the " Rambler -General Estimate of the Merits of this Work - Prologue to " Comus , " when per- formed for the Benefit of Milton's Grand - daughter ...
... Human Wishes " -Tragedy of " Irene " performed at Drury - lane Theatre - Commencement of the " Rambler -General Estimate of the Merits of this Work - Prologue to " Comus , " when per- formed for the Benefit of Milton's Grand - daughter ...
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... human life , under the figure of ascending the mountain of Existence . The Bishop of Dromore heard Dr. Johnson say that he thought this was the best thing he ever wrote . In January , 1749 , he published " The Vanity of Human Wishes ...
... human life , under the figure of ascending the mountain of Existence . The Bishop of Dromore heard Dr. Johnson say that he thought this was the best thing he ever wrote . In January , 1749 , he published " The Vanity of Human Wishes ...
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... Human Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophic dignity than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of Human ...
... Human Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophic dignity than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of Human ...
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