Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... period indeed when ambition " and pride could have a proper influence upon me , the spirit of emulation , the " desire of answering if possible the warm expectations of my friends , and what my " own ambition may have imagined , and of ...
... period indeed when ambition " and pride could have a proper influence upon me , the spirit of emulation , the " desire of answering if possible the warm expectations of my friends , and what my " own ambition may have imagined , and of ...
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... period of life , " than an age when industry and application " must lay the ground - work for the whole " of it ... periods , that " constitute an orator , but the justness of " his arguments , the method of arranging " them " his xxii ...
... period of life , " than an age when industry and application " must lay the ground - work for the whole " of it ... periods , that " constitute an orator , but the justness of " his arguments , the method of arranging " them " his xxii ...
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... period was now approaching , when he was to relinquish the peaceful studies of an academical life , and adventure upon the busy theatre of the world . The part that he was called upon to sustain was of more difficulty , than what is ...
... period was now approaching , when he was to relinquish the peaceful studies of an academical life , and adventure upon the busy theatre of the world . The part that he was called upon to sustain was of more difficulty , than what is ...
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... a little pains , " he will be as ready and expert at it as " others . " When we reflect upon the peculiar excel- lence of his extemporaneous prayers , it is sin- gular , gular , that at this period it should have been XXX MEMOIR OF.
... a little pains , " he will be as ready and expert at it as " others . " When we reflect upon the peculiar excel- lence of his extemporaneous prayers , it is sin- gular , gular , that at this period it should have been XXX MEMOIR OF.
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George Walker. gular , that at this period it should have been regarded by him in so formidable a point of view , as to be deemed a difficulty altoge ther insurmountable . A sense of what was due to that venerable Being , in whose im ...
George Walker. gular , that at this period it should have been regarded by him in so formidable a point of view , as to be deemed a difficulty altoge ther insurmountable . A sense of what was due to that venerable Being , in whose im ...
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