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Pagina xxi
... happiness of society , in our free and prosperous country ; but , thanks be to God , without producing the pernicious effects which were hoped for by its propagators . It seems to me , in my moments of self - complacency , that this ...
... happiness of society , in our free and prosperous country ; but , thanks be to God , without producing the pernicious effects which were hoped for by its propagators . It seems to me , in my moments of self - complacency , that this ...
Pagina xxvii
... happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life con- stantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circumstance , and from time to time obligingly satisfied my inquiries ...
... happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life con- stantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circumstance , and from time to time obligingly satisfied my inquiries ...
Pagina 3
... happiness from each other . They seldom conversed ; for my father could not bear to talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of anything else . Had my mother been more literate , they had ...
... happiness from each other . They seldom conversed ; for my father could not bear to talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of anything else . Had my mother been more literate , they had ...
Pagina 6
... happiness by pre- senting to him the gloomy side of religion , rather than that bright and cheering one which gilds the period of closing life with the light of pious hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress ...
... happiness by pre- senting to him the gloomy side of religion , rather than that bright and cheering one which gilds the period of closing life with the light of pious hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress ...
Pagina 16
... happiness to human kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull crowd , " in ecstacies he cries , " For wealth or title , perishable prize ; " While I those transitory blessings scorn , " Secure of praise ...
... happiness to human kind , More false , more cruel , than the seas or wind . " Toil on , dull crowd , " in ecstacies he cries , " For wealth or title , perishable prize ; " While I those transitory blessings scorn , " Secure of praise ...
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acquainted admiration afterwards appears Baretti Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop bookseller BOSWELL Burney Cave character College conversation copy David Garrick DEAR SIR death Dictionary Dodsley doubt edition Edward Cave elegant eminent endeavour English Essay excellent expressed father favour Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine give happiness heard Hector honour hope humble servant Joseph Warton kind labour lady Langton language Latin learned letter Lichfield literary literature lived London Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter mankind manner master mentioned merit mind Miss mother never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford paper Pembroke College person pleased pleasure poem poet praise published Rambler received remarkable Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson Savage Shakspeare Sheridan Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds spirit suppose talk THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told translation truth verses Warton wish write written wrote