The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 8Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... thing that might be done in a few weeks , and was surprised and fatigued at the length to which he found it expand : and it is not wonderful that at so advanced an age he was not very anxious to purchase minute accuracy by the labour of ...
... thing that might be done in a few weeks , and was surprised and fatigued at the length to which he found it expand : and it is not wonderful that at so advanced an age he was not very anxious to purchase minute accuracy by the labour of ...
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... thing of the same writer against Pope . Our materials are defective . " As Waller professed to have imitated Fairfax , do you think a few pages of Fairfax would enrich our edi . Few readers have seen it , and it may please But it is not ...
... thing of the same writer against Pope . Our materials are defective . " As Waller professed to have imitated Fairfax , do you think a few pages of Fairfax would enrich our edi . Few readers have seen it , and it may please But it is not ...
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... thing was not so as told , though the re- later did not mean to deceive . When he thought there was intentional falsehood in the relater , his expression was , " He lies , and he knows he lies . " Speaking of Pope's not having been ...
... thing was not so as told , though the re- later did not mean to deceive . When he thought there was intentional falsehood in the relater , his expression was , " He lies , and he knows he lies . " Speaking of Pope's not having been ...
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... thing . The sacred writers , ' he observed , ' re- lated the vicious as well as the virtuous actions of men ; which had this moral effect , that it kept mankind from despair , into which otherwise they would naturally fall , were they ...
... thing . The sacred writers , ' he observed , ' re- lated the vicious as well as the virtuous actions of men ; which had this moral effect , that it kept mankind from despair , into which otherwise they would naturally fall , were they ...
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... thing more that can be well omitted , I shall not be sorry to see it yet shorter . " It has always appeared to me to have a consider- able share of merit , and to display a pretty success- ful imitation of Johnson's style . When I ...
... thing more that can be well omitted , I shall not be sorry to see it yet shorter . " It has always appeared to me to have a consider- able share of merit , and to display a pretty success- ful imitation of Johnson's style . When I ...
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