The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous: to which are Now Added Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi;--his Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies; Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor DoddJ. Kay, 1828 - 292 páginas |
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... Humanity 195 Expectation 175 Humour , Good 197 F. Hypocrisy ibid . Fable Faction 186 I. 187 Idleness 201 Falsehood 186 Jealousy 198 Fame 178 Jesting ibid . Fancy 185 Ignorance 203 Fashion Father Favour 186 Imagination 205 178 Imitation ...
... Humanity 195 Expectation 175 Humour , Good 197 F. Hypocrisy ibid . Fable Faction 186 I. 187 Idleness 201 Falsehood 186 Jealousy 198 Fame 178 Jesting ibid . Fancy 185 Ignorance 203 Fashion Father Favour 186 Imagination 205 178 Imitation ...
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... human species , by superfluous attention to brutes , that when the creature was grown sick and old , and could eat nothing but oysters , Mr. Johnson always went out himself to buy Hodge's dinner , that Francis , ( the black's delicacy ) ...
... human species , by superfluous attention to brutes , that when the creature was grown sick and old , and could eat nothing but oysters , Mr. Johnson always went out himself to buy Hodge's dinner , that Francis , ( the black's delicacy ) ...
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... beyond the common limits of human nature , and stored with such a variety of knowledge , that I used to think it resembled a royal pleasure ground , where every plant , of every name and nation , flourished in DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 29.
... beyond the common limits of human nature , and stored with such a variety of knowledge , that I used to think it resembled a royal pleasure ground , where every plant , of every name and nation , flourished in DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 29.
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... human breast Torments alike with raging fires . With bright , but oft destructive gleam , Alike o'er all his lightnings fly ; The lambent glories only beam Around the fav'rites of the sky . The gentle flow of guiltless joys On fools and ...
... human breast Torments alike with raging fires . With bright , but oft destructive gleam , Alike o'er all his lightnings fly ; The lambent glories only beam Around the fav'rites of the sky . The gentle flow of guiltless joys On fools and ...
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... human nature , and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue ; " and Numbers 44 and 100 , by Mrs. Elizabeth Carter . Posterity will be astonished when they are told , upon the authority of Johnson himself , that many of these ...
... human nature , and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue ; " and Numbers 44 and 100 , by Mrs. Elizabeth Carter . Posterity will be astonished when they are told , upon the authority of Johnson himself , that many of these ...
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