The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... mean expedients to raise his reputation . The King then talked of literary journals , men- tioned particularly the Journal des Savans , and asked Johnson if it was well done . Johnson said , it was formerly very well done , and gave ...
... mean expedients to raise his reputation . The King then talked of literary journals , men- tioned particularly the Journal des Savans , and asked Johnson if it was well done . Johnson said , it was formerly very well done , and gave ...
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... means of obtaining it . " He , however , furnished Mr. Adams with a Dedi- cation * to the King of that ingenious gentleman's " Treatise on the Globes , " conceived and expressed in such a manner as could not fail to be very grate- ful ...
... means of obtaining it . " He , however , furnished Mr. Adams with a Dedi- cation * to the King of that ingenious gentleman's " Treatise on the Globes , " conceived and expressed in such a manner as could not fail to be very grate- ful ...
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... means compliment- ary , yet gave me real pleasure , because it contains these words , ' I shall be glad , very glad , to see you . ' Surely you have no reason to complain of my publishing a single paragraph of one of your letters ; the ...
... means compliment- ary , yet gave me real pleasure , because it contains these words , ' I shall be glad , very glad , to see you . ' Surely you have no reason to complain of my publishing a single paragraph of one of your letters ; the ...
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... means the most beautiful that might be selected . - C. - [ " Love various minds does variously inspire : It stirs in gentle bosoms gentle fire , Like that of incense on the altar laid ; But raging flames tempestuous souls invade ; A ...
... means the most beautiful that might be selected . - C. - [ " Love various minds does variously inspire : It stirs in gentle bosoms gentle fire , Like that of incense on the altar laid ; But raging flames tempestuous souls invade ; A ...
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... mean is , that you can shew me no passage where there is simply a description of material objects , without any intermixture of moral notions ( 2 ) , which ( 1 ) [ " How reverend is the face of this tall pile , Whose ancient pillars ...
... mean is , that you can shew me no passage where there is simply a description of material objects , without any intermixture of moral notions ( 2 ) , which ( 1 ) [ " How reverend is the face of this tall pile , Whose ancient pillars ...
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