Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... virtue and wis- dom and courage . Wherever wit , vigor of mind and human understanding are valued among living men , he will be of their fellowship . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON Oxford University Press London Edinburgh Glasgow.
... virtue and wis- dom and courage . Wherever wit , vigor of mind and human understanding are valued among living men , he will be of their fellowship . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON Oxford University Press London Edinburgh Glasgow.
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... human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the pro- gress of the present Work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it ...
... human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the pro- gress of the present Work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend , Sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it ...
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... human nature . Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but such a one ...
... human nature . Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but such a one ...
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... human nature , was at the same time visited with a disorder so afflictive , that they who know it by dire experience , will not envy his exalted endowments . That it was , in some degree , occa- sioned by a defect in his nervous system ...
... human nature , was at the same time visited with a disorder so afflictive , that they who know it by dire experience , will not envy his exalted endowments . That it was , in some degree , occa- sioned by a defect in his nervous system ...
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... human being . At Mr. Meynell's he also commenced that friendship with Mrs. Hill Boothby , sister to the present Sir Brook Boothby , which continued till her death . The | young woman whom he used to call Molly Aston 1 , was sister to ...
... human being . At Mr. Meynell's he also commenced that friendship with Mrs. Hill Boothby , sister to the present Sir Brook Boothby , which continued till her death . The | young woman whom he used to call Molly Aston 1 , was sister to ...
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