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The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an evening in his company , declared that he was a parson in a tye - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to uncommon ...
The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an evening in his company , declared that he was a parson in a tye - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to uncommon ...
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One slight lineament of his character Swift has preserved . It was his practice when he found any man invincibly wrong , to flatter his opinions by acquiescence , and sink him yet deeper in absurdity . This artifice of mischief was ...
One slight lineament of his character Swift has preserved . It was his practice when he found any man invincibly wrong , to flatter his opinions by acquiescence , and sink him yet deeper in absurdity . This artifice of mischief was ...
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This is an elevation of literary character , above all Greek , above all Roman fame . No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , separated mirth from indecency , and wit from ...
This is an elevation of literary character , above all Greek , above all Roman fame . No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , separated mirth from indecency , and wit from ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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