The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 5J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... respect . " I must how- ever observe , that notwithstanding what he now said , which he no doubt imagined at the time to be the fact , there was , perhaps , no man who more frequently yielded to the solicitations even of very obscure ...
... respect . " I must how- ever observe , that notwithstanding what he now said , which he no doubt imagined at the time to be the fact , there was , perhaps , no man who more frequently yielded to the solicitations even of very obscure ...
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... respect to original sin , the inquiry is not necessary ; for whatever is the cause of human cor- ruption , men are evidently and confessedly so corrupt , that all the laws of heaven and earth are insufficient to restrain them from ...
... respect to original sin , the inquiry is not necessary ; for whatever is the cause of human cor- ruption , men are evidently and confessedly so corrupt , that all the laws of heaven and earth are insufficient to restrain them from ...
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... respect to the power of memory , maintaining that forgetfulness was a man's own fault . " To remember and to recollect ( said he ) are different things . A man has not the power to recollect what is not in his mind ; but when a thing is ...
... respect to the power of memory , maintaining that forgetfulness was a man's own fault . " To remember and to recollect ( said he ) are different things . A man has not the power to recollect what is not in his mind ; but when a thing is ...
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... respect have been fully gratified . Mr. Malone , who has so ably suc- ceeded him as an Editor of Shakspeare , has , in his Preface , done great and just honour to Johnson's memory . " TO MRS . LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . 66 DEAR MADAM ...
... respect have been fully gratified . Mr. Malone , who has so ably suc- ceeded him as an Editor of Shakspeare , has , in his Preface , done great and just honour to Johnson's memory . " TO MRS . LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . 66 DEAR MADAM ...
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... respect or tenderness ; for such another friend , the general course of human things will not suffer man to hope . I passed the summer at Streatham , but there was no Thrale ; and having idled away the summer with a weakly body and ...
... respect or tenderness ; for such another friend , the general course of human things will not suffer man to hope . I passed the summer at Streatham , but there was no Thrale ; and having idled away the summer with a weakly body and ...
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