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... and too faint to go ; and the concluding ten lines , except the last couplet but one , which I distinguish by the Italick character : How small of all that human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure .
... and too faint to go ; and the concluding ten lines , except the last couplet but one , which I distinguish by the Italick character : How small of all that human hearts endure , That part which kings or laws can cause or cure .
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The same severity of torture was exercised on the earl of Athol , one of the murderers of king James the first of Scotland " . Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's Deserted ...
The same severity of torture was exercised on the earl of Athol , one of the murderers of king James the first of Scotland " . Dr. Johnson at the same time favoured me by marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's Deserted ...
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He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble Dedication * to the King , of Gwyn's London and · Westminster Improved , was written by him ; and he fur- nished the Preface , † and several of the pieces which compose a ...
He published nothing this year in his own name ; but the noble Dedication * to the King , of Gwyn's London and · Westminster Improved , was written by him ; and he fur- nished the Preface , † and several of the pieces which compose a ...
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He had fre- quently visited those splendid rooms , and noble collection of books " , which he used to say was more numerous and curious than he supposed any person could have made in the time which the king had employed .
He had fre- quently visited those splendid rooms , and noble collection of books " , which he used to say was more numerous and curious than he supposed any person could have made in the time which the king had employed .
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The king then asked him what they were doing at Oxford . Johnson answered , he could not much commend their diligence , but that in some respects they were mended , for they had put their press under better regu- lations , and were at ...
The king then asked him what they were doing at Oxford . Johnson answered , he could not much commend their diligence , but that in some respects they were mended , for they had put their press under better regu- lations , and were at ...
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| Titel | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 van The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Auteur | James Boswell |
| Uitgever | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 18 juni 2007 |
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