The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... true . A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied , but not equally happy . Happiness consists in the multipli- city of agreeable consciousness . A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philoso- pher . " I ...
... true . A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied , but not equally happy . Happiness consists in the multipli- city of agreeable consciousness . A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philoso- pher . " I ...
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... with anger . On his favourite subject of subordination , Johnson said , " So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal , that no two people can be half an hour together , but one shall acquire an evident 1766 10 THE LIFE OF.
... with anger . On his favourite subject of subordination , Johnson said , " So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal , that no two people can be half an hour together , but one shall acquire an evident 1766 10 THE LIFE OF.
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... true , Sir , that she wrote it before she was ac- quainted with me ; but she has not told wrote it all over again , except two lines . " " The Fountains , " a beautiful little Fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is ...
... true , Sir , that she wrote it before she was ac- quainted with me ; but she has not told wrote it all over again , except two lines . " " The Fountains , " a beautiful little Fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is ...
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... true politeness , than Johnson did in this instance . His Majesty having observed to him that he sup- posed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the ...
... true politeness , than Johnson did in this instance . His Majesty having observed to him that he sup- posed he must have read a great deal ; Johnson answered , that he thought more than he read ; that he had read a great deal in the ...
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... True , Sir , ( said Johnson , ) but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his inge- nious comments on the " Essay on Man . " were favoured by them would frequently , from grati- 1767 40 THE ...
... True , Sir , ( said Johnson , ) but Warburton did more for Pope ; he made him a Christian : " alluding , no doubt , to his inge- nious comments on the " Essay on Man . " were favoured by them would frequently , from grati- 1767 40 THE ...
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