The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 5J.M. Dent and Company, 1902 |
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... thing for a man to lie down and die ; to bleed to death , because he has not fortitude enough to sear the wound , or even to stitch it up . " I cannot but pause a moment to admire the fecundity of fancy , and choice of language , which ...
... thing for a man to lie down and die ; to bleed to death , because he has not fortitude enough to sear the wound , or even to stitch it up . " I cannot but pause a moment to admire the fecundity of fancy , and choice of language , which ...
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... thing is , ) " A pamphlet is understood in common language to mean prose , only from this , that there is so much more prose written than poetry ; as when we say a book , prose is understood for the same reason , though a book may as ...
... thing is , ) " A pamphlet is understood in common language to mean prose , only from this , that there is so much more prose written than poetry ; as when we say a book , prose is understood for the same reason , though a book may as ...
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... things floating in conjecture : Omne ignotum pro magnifico est . " " : " " I believe I ventured to dissipate the cloud , to unveil the mystery , more freely and frequently than any of his friends . We stopped again at Wirg- man's , the ...
... things floating in conjecture : Omne ignotum pro magnifico est . " " : " " I believe I ventured to dissipate the cloud , to unveil the mystery , more freely and frequently than any of his friends . We stopped again at Wirg- man's , the ...
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... thing goodness it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do any thing else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . ' LANGTON . " By the same rule you must join with a gang of cut- purses . " JOHNSON . " Yes ...
... thing goodness it would be , if we were obliged to drink or do any thing else that may happen to be agreeable to the company where we are . ' LANGTON . " By the same rule you must join with a gang of cut- purses . " JOHNSON . " Yes ...
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... thing into the news - papers . He begged of General Paoli to repeat one of the introductory stanzas of the first book of Tasso's " Jerusalem , " which he did , and then Johnson found fault with the simile of sweetening the edges of a ...
... thing into the news - papers . He begged of General Paoli to repeat one of the introductory stanzas of the first book of Tasso's " Jerusalem , " which he did , and then Johnson found fault with the simile of sweetening the edges of a ...
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