Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North WalesHarper, 1904 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... those appearances of squalid indigence which , in his less happy days , disgusted those who came to see him . ' Some of the plate Johnson had bought . See post , April 15 , 1781 . fragments 6 Johnson's lines in THE TRAVELLER . [ A.D. 1766.
... those appearances of squalid indigence which , in his less happy days , disgusted those who came to see him . ' Some of the plate Johnson had bought . See post , April 15 , 1781 . fragments 6 Johnson's lines in THE TRAVELLER . [ A.D. 1766.
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... happy are equally happy ; a little miss with a new gown at a dancing - school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an orator , after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly . JOHNSON . ' Sir , that all who ...
... happy are equally happy ; a little miss with a new gown at a dancing - school ball , a general at the head of a victorious army , and an orator , after having made an eloquent speech in a great assembly . JOHNSON . ' Sir , that all who ...
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... happy . [ A.D. 1766 . How he lived , therefore , His death , I hope , was ' I wish I had written sooner , lest , writing now , I should renew your grief ; but I would not forbear saying what I have now said . ' This loss is , I hope ...
... happy . [ A.D. 1766 . How he lived , therefore , His death , I hope , was ' I wish I had written sooner , lest , writing now , I should renew your grief ; but I would not forbear saying what I have now said . ' This loss is , I hope ...
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... happy Life ' . ' † ( Most of the pieces in this volume have evidently received additions from his superiour pen , particularly Verses to Mr. Richardson , on his Sir Charles Grandison ; ' ' The Excursion ; ' ' Reflections on a Grave ...
... happy Life ' . ' † ( Most of the pieces in this volume have evidently received additions from his superiour pen , particularly Verses to Mr. Richardson , on his Sir Charles Grandison ; ' ' The Excursion ; ' ' Reflections on a Grave ...
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... happy flight , With swifter motion haste to purer light , Where Bacon waits with Newton and with Boyle To hail thy genius , and applaud thy toil ; Where intuition breaks through time and space , And mocks experiment's successive race ...
... happy flight , With swifter motion haste to purer light , Where Bacon waits with Newton and with Boyle To hail thy genius , and applaud thy toil ; Where intuition breaks through time and space , And mocks experiment's successive race ...
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