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... breast rebel , " When injur'd Thales bids the town farewell ; " Yet still my calmer thoughts his choice commend ; " I praise the hermit , but regret the friend : " Resolv'd at length , from Vice and London far , " To breathe in distant ...
... breast rebel , " When injur'd Thales bids the town farewell ; " Yet still my calmer thoughts his choice commend ; " I praise the hermit , but regret the friend : " Resolv'd at length , from Vice and London far , " To breathe in distant ...
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... breast , Attempt some arduous task ? Or , were it best , Brooding o'er Lexicons to pass the day , And in that labour drudge my life away ? Such is the picture for which Dr. Johnson sat to himself . He gives the prominent features of his ...
... breast , Attempt some arduous task ? Or , were it best , Brooding o'er Lexicons to pass the day , And in that labour drudge my life away ? Such is the picture for which Dr. Johnson sat to himself . He gives the prominent features of his ...
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... breast of his antagonist . Of this defect he seems to have been conscious . In a letter to Mrs. Thrale , he says , " Poor Baretti ! " do not quarrel with him ; to neglect him a little " will be sufficient . He means only to be frank ...
... breast of his antagonist . Of this defect he seems to have been conscious . In a letter to Mrs. Thrale , he says , " Poor Baretti ! " do not quarrel with him ; to neglect him a little " will be sufficient . He means only to be frank ...
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... breast of applauding audiences ; and to this hour they are the voice of the people , in defiance of the meta- physics and the new lights of certain politicians , who would gladly find their private advantage in the disasters of their ...
... breast of applauding audiences ; and to this hour they are the voice of the people , in defiance of the meta- physics and the new lights of certain politicians , who would gladly find their private advantage in the disasters of their ...
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... flame , As strong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one master - passion in the breast , Like Aaron's serpent , swallows np the rest . Brumoy says , Pascal from his infancy felt him- self M 3 GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 125.
... flame , As strong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one master - passion in the breast , Like Aaron's serpent , swallows np the rest . Brumoy says , Pascal from his infancy felt him- self M 3 GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 125.
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Page 32 - Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
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Page 50 - Why, Sir, it is a very harmless doctrine. They are of opinion that the generality of mankind are neither so obstinately wicked as to deserve everlasting punishment, nor so good as to merit being admitted into the society of blessed spirits; and therefore that God is graciously pleased to allow of a middle state, where they may be purified by certain degrees of suffering. You see, Sir, there is nothing unreasonable in this.