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His sound , invincible common - sense continually leads him aright in the condemnation of tricks and artifices ; when once he is free of the fashion , he can track affection to its lair with a deadly precision .
His sound , invincible common - sense continually leads him aright in the condemnation of tricks and artifices ; when once he is free of the fashion , he can track affection to its lair with a deadly precision .
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He appears to have had , in common with almost all mankind , the ambition of being upon proper occasions a merry fellow , and , in common with most of them , to have been by nature , or by early habits , debarred from it .
He appears to have had , in common with almost all mankind , the ambition of being upon proper occasions a merry fellow , and , in common with most of them , to have been by nature , or by early habits , debarred from it .
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What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem in the night and morning , I suppose before his mind was disturbed with common business ; and that he poured out with great fluency his ...
What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem in the night and morning , I suppose before his mind was disturbed with common business ; and that he poured out with great fluency his ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of Oxford world's classics Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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