The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen1Harper, 1856 |
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... seldom wanted , and perhaps never wished for ; while the man of general knowledge can often benefit , and always please . " This advice Johnson seems to have pursued with a good inclination . His reading was always de- sultory , seldom ...
... seldom wanted , and perhaps never wished for ; while the man of general knowledge can often benefit , and always please . " This advice Johnson seems to have pursued with a good inclination . His reading was always de- sultory , seldom ...
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... seldom en- tangled . A single incident of that kind may not be unworthy of notice , since it happened with a man of great celebrity in his time . A number of friends dined with Garrick on a Christmas- day . Foote was then in Ireland ...
... seldom en- tangled . A single incident of that kind may not be unworthy of notice , since it happened with a man of great celebrity in his time . A number of friends dined with Garrick on a Christmas- day . Foote was then in Ireland ...
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... seldom despised but when they deserve contempt • 78 The power of novelty . Mortality too fami- liar to raise apprehensions 79 A suspicious man justly suspected 80 Variety necessary to happiness . A Winter scene . PAGE 190 191 • 122 A ...
... seldom despised but when they deserve contempt • 78 The power of novelty . Mortality too fami- liar to raise apprehensions 79 A suspicious man justly suspected 80 Variety necessary to happiness . A Winter scene . PAGE 190 191 • 122 A ...
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... seldom heartily abhorred . The Roman tyrant was con- tent to be hated , if he was but feared ; and there are thousands of the readers of Romances willing to be thought wicked , if they may be allowed to be wits . It is therefore to be ...
... seldom heartily abhorred . The Roman tyrant was con- tent to be hated , if he was but feared ; and there are thousands of the readers of Romances willing to be thought wicked , if they may be allowed to be wits . It is therefore to be ...
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... seldom kept , that it may with some reason be doubted , whether the ancients were not mistaken in their first postulate , whether the quality of retention be so generally bestowed , and whether a secret has not some subtle volatility ...
... seldom kept , that it may with some reason be doubted , whether the ancients were not mistaken in their first postulate , whether the quality of retention be so generally bestowed , and whether a secret has not some subtle volatility ...
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