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Samuel Johnson. influence of the seasons , and believe his faculties unpremeditated verse . to be vigorous only half the year . His submission to the seasons was at least more reasonable than his dread of decaying na- ture , or a frigid ...
Samuel Johnson. influence of the seasons , and believe his faculties unpremeditated verse . to be vigorous only half the year . His submission to the seasons was at least more reasonable than his dread of decaying na- ture , or a frigid ...
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... believe , and which is universally rejected , it is difficult to conjecture . The style is harsh ; but it has something of rough vigour , which perhaps may often strike , though it can- not please . On this history the licenser again ...
... believe , and which is universally rejected , it is difficult to conjecture . The style is harsh ; but it has something of rough vigour , which perhaps may often strike , though it can- not please . On this history the licenser again ...
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... believe , not the rapier , but the back - sword , of which he recommends the use in his book on education . His eyes are said never to have been bright ; but , if he was a dexterous fencer , they must have been once quick . His domestic ...
... believe , not the rapier , but the back - sword , of which he recommends the use in his book on education . His eyes are said never to have been bright ; but , if he was a dexterous fencer , they must have been once quick . His domestic ...
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... believe the writer not to have been con- cathedral . Milton probably had not yet for- scious . saken the church . Such is the power of reputation justly ac- quired , that its blaze drives away the eye from nice examination . Surely no ...
... believe the writer not to have been con- cathedral . Milton probably had not yet for- scious . saken the church . Such is the power of reputation justly ac- quired , that its blaze drives away the eye from nice examination . Surely no ...
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... believe , the favourite of chil- dren , and gradually neglected as knowledge is increased . After the operation of immaterial agents which cannot be explained , may be considered that of allegorical persons which have no real existence ...
... believe , the favourite of chil- dren , and gradually neglected as knowledge is increased . After the operation of immaterial agents which cannot be explained , may be considered that of allegorical persons which have no real existence ...
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