Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... effect , insulting the civil establishment of our country , to look no higher ; I cannot help thinking it laudable to be kindly atten- tive to those , of whose existence we have , in any way , been the cause . Mr. Stanhope's character ...
... effect , insulting the civil establishment of our country , to look no higher ; I cannot help thinking it laudable to be kindly atten- tive to those , of whose existence we have , in any way , been the cause . Mr. Stanhope's character ...
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... effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that ' his mother had not car- ried him far enough ; she should have taken him to ROME ...
... effect . I ventured to say to him , in allusion to the political principles in which he was educated , and of which he ever retained some odour , that ' his mother had not car- ried him far enough ; she should have taken him to ROME ...
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... effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ; whereas , by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority , you lay the foundation of lasting mischief ; you ...
... effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on't ; whereas , by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority , you lay the foundation of lasting mischief ; you ...
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... effect of low spirits or melancholy , to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are actually suffering those evils which happen to be most strongly pre- sented to their minds . Some have fancied themselves to be deprived ...
... effect of low spirits or melancholy , to make those who are afflicted with it imagine that they are actually suffering those evils which happen to be most strongly pre- sented to their minds . Some have fancied themselves to be deprived ...
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... effect which London produced . Every body was delighted with it ; and there being no name to it , the first buz of the literary circles was here is an unknown poet , greater even than Pope . ' And it is recorded in the Gentleman's ...
... effect which London produced . Every body was delighted with it ; and there being no name to it , the first buz of the literary circles was here is an unknown poet , greater even than Pope . ' And it is recorded in the Gentleman's ...
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