Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... shew you that I have done tolerably ; but it is hardly credible what ground I go over , and what a variety of men and manners I con- template in a day ; and all the time I myself am pars magna , for my exuberant spirits will not let me ...
... shew you that I have done tolerably ; but it is hardly credible what ground I go over , and what a variety of men and manners I con- template in a day ; and all the time I myself am pars magna , for my exuberant spirits will not let me ...
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... shew what wisdom and what sense can do , The poet sets Ulysses in our view . ' Francis . Horace , Ep . i . 2. 17 . In his Letter to the People of Scotland , p . 92 , he wrote : - ' Allow me , my friends and countrymen , while I with ...
... shew what wisdom and what sense can do , The poet sets Ulysses in our view . ' Francis . Horace , Ep . i . 2. 17 . In his Letter to the People of Scotland , p . 92 , he wrote : - ' Allow me , my friends and countrymen , while I with ...
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... shew that superstitious bias which " grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , " and , of late years particularly , injured his happiness , by presenting to him the gloomy side of religion , rather than that bright and ...
... shew that superstitious bias which " grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , " and , of late years particularly , injured his happiness , by presenting to him the gloomy side of religion , rather than that bright and ...
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... shew , Around them pleasures wait , and joys for ever new . But cruel virgins meet severer fates ; Expell'd and exil'd from the blissful seats , To dismal realms , and regions void of peace , Where furies ever howl , and serpents hiss ...
... shew , Around them pleasures wait , and joys for ever new . But cruel virgins meet severer fates ; Expell'd and exil'd from the blissful seats , To dismal realms , and regions void of peace , Where furies ever howl , and serpents hiss ...
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... shew that they were written about this time , and that Johnson was now engaged in preparing an historical account of the British Parliament . ' To MR . CAVE . ' SIR , [ No date . ] ' I believe I am going to write a long letter , and ...
... shew that they were written about this time , and that Johnson was now engaged in preparing an historical account of the British Parliament . ' To MR . CAVE . ' SIR , [ No date . ] ' I believe I am going to write a long letter , and ...
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