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... and , I hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his prosperity . We know ,
at least , from Sprat ' s account , that he always acknowledged her care , and
justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother ' s apartment
lay ...
... and , I hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his prosperity . We know ,
at least , from Sprat ' s account , that he always acknowledged her care , and
justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother ' s apartment
lay ...
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Samuel Johnson. poses himself sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ;
fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the
gaiety of hope , or the gloominess of despair ; and dresses his imaginary Chloris
or ...
Samuel Johnson. poses himself sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ;
fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the
gaiety of hope , or the gloominess of despair ; and dresses his imaginary Chloris
or ...
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But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably
disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had
been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the mastership of the
Savoy ...
But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably
disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had
been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the mastership of the
Savoy ...
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I do hope to recover my late hurt so far within five or six days ( though it be
uncertain yet whether 1 shall lever recover it , ) as to walk about again . And then
, methinks , you and I and the Dean might be very merry upon St. Ann's Hill . You
might ...
I do hope to recover my late hurt so far within five or six days ( though it be
uncertain yet whether 1 shall lever recover it , ) as to walk about again . And then
, methinks , you and I and the Dean might be very merry upon St. Ann's Hill . You
might ...
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Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of
greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation . Their
attempts were always analytic ; they broke every image into fragments ; and
could no more ...
Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of
greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation . Their
attempts were always analytic ; they broke every image into fragments ; and
could no more ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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