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Page 53
Those who tell or receive these stories should consider that nobody can be
taught faster than be can learn . The speed of the horseman must be limited by
the power of his horse . Every man , that has ever undertaken to instruct others ,
can tell ...
Those who tell or receive these stories should consider that nobody can be
taught faster than be can learn . The speed of the horseman must be limited by
the power of his horse . Every man , that has ever undertaken to instruct others ,
can tell ...
Page 516
Now tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare ev ' n now The lofty walls of
wide extended Troy ; tow ' rs • For now no more the Gods with Fate contend ; At
Juno ' s suit the heavenly factions end . Destruction hovers o ' er yon devoted wall
...
Now tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare ev ' n now The lofty walls of
wide extended Troy ; tow ' rs • For now no more the Gods with Fate contend ; At
Juno ' s suit the heavenly factions end . Destruction hovers o ' er yon devoted wall
...
Page 579
If Pope must tell what Harcourt cannot speak . Oh , let thy once - lov ' d friend
inscribe thy stone , And with a father ' s sorrows mix his own ! This epitaph is
principally remarkable for the artful introduction of the name , which is inserted
with a ...
If Pope must tell what Harcourt cannot speak . Oh , let thy once - lov ' d friend
inscribe thy stone , And with a father ' s sorrows mix his own ! This epitaph is
principally remarkable for the artful introduction of the name , which is inserted
with a ...
Page 611
Perhaps it may not be without effect to tell , that he read the prayers of the publick
liturgy every morning to his family , and that on Sunday evening he called his
servants into the parlour , and read to them first a sermon and then prayers .
Perhaps it may not be without effect to tell , that he read the prayers of the publick
liturgy every morning to his family , and that on Sunday evening he called his
servants into the parlour , and read to them first a sermon and then prayers .
Page 674
His supplication to father Thames , to tell him who drives the hoop or tosses the
ball , is useless and puerile . Father Thames has no better means of knowing
than himself . His epithet “ buxom health is not elegant ; he seems not to
understand ...
His supplication to father Thames , to tell him who drives the hoop or tosses the
ball , is useless and puerile . Father Thames has no better means of knowing
than himself . His epithet “ buxom health is not elegant ; he seems not to
understand ...
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| 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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