The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 6Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... less respect than is its due , Johnson came to very eminent distinction , and little as he may be read nowadays he can never be read with- out renewed admiration . And that distinction , hardly less than the distinction of a Blake or a ...
... less respect than is its due , Johnson came to very eminent distinction , and little as he may be read nowadays he can never be read with- out renewed admiration . And that distinction , hardly less than the distinction of a Blake or a ...
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... Less just and more beneficent . " JOHNSON . " And really it is wonderful , considering how much at- tention is necessary for men to take care of themselves , and ward off immediate evils which press upon them , it is wonderful how much ...
... Less just and more beneficent . " JOHNSON . " And really it is wonderful , considering how much at- tention is necessary for men to take care of themselves , and ward off immediate evils which press upon them , it is wonderful how much ...
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... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfœtation , this teeming of the press in mod ...
... less talked of than Pope , and Homer is less talked of than Virgil ; but they are not less admired . We must read what the world reads at the moment . It has been maintained that this superfœtation , this teeming of the press in mod ...
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