The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Carter, Hendee and Company, 1832 |
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... consider that the princi- pal store of wit and wisdom which this work contains was not a particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his ...
... consider that the princi- pal store of wit and wisdom which this work contains was not a particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his ...
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... consider his extraordina- ticulars of the progress of his mind and for- ry endowments , or his various works , has tunes , he never had persevering diligence been equalled by few in any age , is an ardu- enough to form them into a ...
... consider his extraordina- ticulars of the progress of his mind and for- ry endowments , or his various works , has tunes , he never had persevering diligence been equalled by few in any age , is an ardu- enough to form them into a ...
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... consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it con- ' Rambler , No. 60. - Boswell . of Thuanus is with great propriety said by its authour to have been written , that it might lay open to posterity the private ...
... consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it con- ' Rambler , No. 60. - Boswell . of Thuanus is with great propriety said by its authour to have been written , that it might lay open to posterity the private ...
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... consider- ing how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and other anecdotes of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is regretted that we have not more , I am justified in preserving rather too ...
... consider- ing how highly the small portion which we have of the table - talk and other anecdotes of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is regretted that we have not more , I am justified in preserving rather too ...
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... consider that Johnson's corporeal prowess was by no means despicable , will be apt to suspect that the homage was enforced , at least as much by awe of the one as by admiration of the other . " - Anderson's Life of Johnson . - ED . ] a ...
... consider that Johnson's corporeal prowess was by no means despicable , will be apt to suspect that the homage was enforced , at least as much by awe of the one as by admiration of the other . " - Anderson's Life of Johnson . - ED . ] a ...
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