Wit and Wisdom of Samuel JohnsonClarendon Press, 1888 - 323 pages |
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... Death laid his hand on him in ough Johnson was gone the land became more hnsonised . Great though his fame was in his s greater still in his death . It is his singular ng authors that his reputation is founded not on ngs but on those of ...
... Death laid his hand on him in ough Johnson was gone the land became more hnsonised . Great though his fame was in his s greater still in his death . It is his singular ng authors that his reputation is founded not on ngs but on those of ...
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... death ' ; ' but bstinate rationality 5 ' will not allow hat there is no Hell he would have argument , though in all likelihood low it to be argued in his presence . 1 that it need not be the constant ld have ' passionately and loudly ...
... death ' ; ' but bstinate rationality 5 ' will not allow hat there is no Hell he would have argument , though in all likelihood low it to be argued in his presence . 1 that it need not be the constant ld have ' passionately and loudly ...
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... death . n , i . 200 n . 2 . 2 Works , viii . 188 . Ib . ii . 74 n . 3 . 6 Works , vi . 455 . liser he tells Sense well , ' but paradox . It He will never for 10 Ib . ii . 150 . inct state of the ich they could in London af island it ...
... death . n , i . 200 n . 2 . 2 Works , viii . 188 . Ib . ii . 74 n . 3 . 6 Works , vi . 455 . liser he tells Sense well , ' but paradox . It He will never for 10 Ib . ii . 150 . inct state of the ich they could in London af island it ...
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... death , and The undisc No travell ing to a nature t d has great de nation , that it is painter , and is litt denied . To him reproaches possess , I would end of negati the true - born 1 od by the other very reason is a Sage is their mo ...
... death , and The undisc No travell ing to a nature t d has great de nation , that it is painter , and is litt denied . To him reproaches possess , I would end of negati the true - born 1 od by the other very reason is a Sage is their mo ...
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... death , and ' The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns , ' belong to a nature that is as deep as it is wide . That his mind has great defects , that it is wanting in fancy and imagination , that it is insensible to ...
... death , and ' The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns , ' belong to a nature that is as deep as it is wide . That his mind has great defects , that it is wanting in fancy and imagination , that it is insensible to ...
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