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... opinion of the reader , I may , nevertheless , ftand in need of his ex- cufe ; for that , in the narration of facts that refpect others , I have oftener fpoke of myself , and in my own perfon , than the practice of fome writers will war ...
... opinion of the reader , I may , nevertheless , ftand in need of his ex- cufe ; for that , in the narration of facts that refpect others , I have oftener fpoke of myself , and in my own perfon , than the practice of fome writers will war ...
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... opinion then entertained of the efficacy of the royal touch , prefented him to Queen Anne , who , for the last time , as it is faid , that fhe ever performed that office , with her accustomed grace and benignity administered to the ...
... opinion then entertained of the efficacy of the royal touch , prefented him to Queen Anne , who , for the last time , as it is faid , that fhe ever performed that office , with her accustomed grace and benignity administered to the ...
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... opinion , that poverty was difgraceful ; and was very severe in his cenfures of that œconomy in both our univerfities , which exacted at meals the attendance of poor scholars , under the feveral denomi- nations of fervitors in the one ...
... opinion , that poverty was difgraceful ; and was very severe in his cenfures of that œconomy in both our univerfities , which exacted at meals the attendance of poor scholars , under the feveral denomi- nations of fervitors in the one ...
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... opinion is , that the public would not give you a bad reception , if , befide the current wit of the month , which a critical examination would generally reduce to a narrow compafs , you admitted , not only poems , infcriptions , & c ...
... opinion is , that the public would not give you a bad reception , if , befide the current wit of the month , which a critical examination would generally reduce to a narrow compafs , you admitted , not only poems , infcriptions , & c ...
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... opinion • did not keep us apart : I honoured him , and he en- • dured me . " " ⚫ He had mingled with the gay world , without exemption from its vices or its follies , but had ne → ver neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief ...
... opinion • did not keep us apart : I honoured him , and he en- • dured me . " " ⚫ He had mingled with the gay world , without exemption from its vices or its follies , but had ne → ver neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief ...
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Page 556 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Page 594 - Mr. Hoole, his son, each a book at their election, to keep as a token of remembrance.
Page 291 - When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Page 563 - ... with a look that cut me to the heart, told me that he had the prospect of death before him, and that he dreaded to meet his Saviour.
Page 198 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die...
Page 127 - ... which neither hope nor fear shall influence me to suppress. I will not sit unconcerned while my liberty is invaded, nor look in silence upon public robbery.
Page 488 - I was born in the eighth climate, but seem to be framed and constellated unto all. I am no plant that will not prosper out of a garden. All places, all airs, make unto me one country ; I am in England everywhere, and under any meridian.
Page 286 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.
Page 257 - Johnson made it a rule to talk his best, but that on many subjects he was not uniform in his opinions, contending as often for victory as for truth : at one time good, at another evil was predominant in the moral constitution of the world. Upon one occasion, he would deplore the nonobservance of Good-Friday, and on another deny, that among us of the present age there is any decline of public worship.
Page 187 - Well (my little Philip) this is enough for me, and too much I fear for you. But, if I shall find that this light meal of digestion nourish anything the weak stomach of your young capacity, I will, as I find the same grow stronger, feed it with tougher food. Your loving Father, so long as you live in the fear of God, H. SYDNEY...