The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering, London., 1826 |
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... kings or laws can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of domestick joy : The lifted axe , the ...
... kings or laws can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course , which no loud storms annoy , Glides the smooth current of domestick joy : The lifted axe , the ...
Pagina 5
... 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 Village , which are only the last four : 66 That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay ...
... 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 Village , which are only the last four : 66 That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay ...
Pagina 22
... 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 volume of Miscellanies by Mrs. Anna Williams , the blind lady who had an asylum in ...
... 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 volume of Miscellanies by Mrs. Anna Williams , the blind lady who had an asylum in ...
Pagina 31
... king had employed . Mr. Barnard , the librarian , took care that he should have every accom- modation that could contribute to his ease and conve- nience , while indulging his literary taste in that place ; so that he had here a very ...
... king had employed . Mr. Barnard , the librarian , took care that he should have every accom- modation that could contribute to his ease and conve- nience , while indulging his literary taste in that place ; so that he had here a very ...
Pagina 32
... king , " that is the publick library . " His majesty enquired if he was then writing any thing . He answered , he was not , for he had pretty well told the world what he knew , and must now read to acquire more knowledge . The king , as ...
... king , " that is the publick library . " His majesty enquired if he was then writing any thing . He answered , he was not , for he had pretty well told the world what he knew , and must now read to acquire more knowledge . The king , as ...
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