The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volumen2G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... " said Johnson , " but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his ingenious comments on the Essay on Man . opinion ; adding , " You do not think then ET . 58 . 53 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . 1769.
... " said Johnson , " but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his ingenious comments on the Essay on Man . opinion ; adding , " You do not think then ET . 58 . 53 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . 1769.
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... essay , written by Mr. Dean , a divine of the Church of England , maintaining the future life of brutes , ' by an explication of certain parts of the Scriptures , was men- tioned , and the doctrine insisted on by a gentleman who ...
... essay , written by Mr. Dean , a divine of the Church of England , maintaining the future life of brutes , ' by an explication of certain parts of the Scriptures , was men- tioned , and the doctrine insisted on by a gentleman who ...
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... essays was a Latin poem upon the glow - worm ; I am sorry I did not ask where it was to be found . Talking of the Russians and the Chinese , he advised me to read Bell's " Travels . " 2 I asked him whether I should read Du Halde's ...
... essays was a Latin poem upon the glow - worm ; I am sorry I did not ask where it was to be found . Talking of the Russians and the Chinese , he advised me to read Bell's " Travels . " 2 I asked him whether I should read Du Halde's ...
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... Essay on Shakspeare , " being mentioned : -REYNOLDS . " I think that essay does her honour . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; it does her honour , but it would do nobody else honour . I have , indeed , not read it all . But when I take up the ...
... Essay on Shakspeare , " being mentioned : -REYNOLDS . " I think that essay does her honour . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; it does her honour , but it would do nobody else honour . I have , indeed , not read it all . But when I take up the ...
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... Essay may be offended at the slighting manner in which Johnson spoke of it : but let it be remembered that he gave his honest opinion unbiassed by any prejudice , or any proud jealousy of a woman intruding herself into the chair of ...
... Essay may be offended at the slighting manner in which Johnson spoke of it : but let it be remembered that he gave his honest opinion unbiassed by any prejudice , or any proud jealousy of a woman intruding herself into the chair of ...
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Página 24 - In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings 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 domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and...