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Page 8
What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowlcy discovered , cannot be
known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he tliat attains it
, even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and when the end is ...
What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowlcy discovered , cannot be
known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he tliat attains it
, even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and when the end is ...
Page 108
... though at that time great expectations were formed by some , of its
establishment and its effects . Such a society might , perhaps , without much
difficulty , be collected ; but that it would produce what is expected from it may be
doubted .
... though at that time great expectations were formed by some , of its
establishment and its effects . Such a society might , perhaps , without much
difficulty , be collected ; but that it would produce what is expected from it may be
doubted .
Page 446
... but a refusal was resented by him as an affront , or complained of as an injury ;
nor did he readily reconcile himself to those who either denied to lend , or gave
him afterwards any intimation that they expected to be repaid . He was ...
... but a refusal was resented by him as an affront , or complained of as an injury ;
nor did he readily reconcile himself to those who either denied to lend , or gave
him afterwards any intimation that they expected to be repaid . He was ...
Page 532
Lintot , I believe , did no : hing ; and Curll did what was expected . That to make
them publick was the only purpose may be reasonably supposed , because the
numbers offered to sale by the private niessengers , shewed that hope of gain ...
Lintot , I believe , did no : hing ; and Curll did what was expected . That to make
them publick was the only purpose may be reasonably supposed , because the
numbers offered to sale by the private niessengers , shewed that hope of gain ...
Page 681
... a comb - maker , but then known by the style of Doctor . Something uncommon
was probably expected , and something uncommon was at last done ; for to the
Doctor ' s edition is appended , what the world had hardly seen before , a list ...
... a comb - maker , but then known by the style of Doctor . Something uncommon
was probably expected , and something uncommon was at last done ; for to the
Doctor ' s edition is appended , what the world had hardly seen before , a list ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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