Wit and Wisdom of Samuel JohnsonClarendon Press, 1888 - 323 pages |
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... Endeavour to reform ttention which your last letter has hap- Perhaps it is natural for those that have nk little on things without ; but whoever es but in a mist , perpetually deceived by of the past , without any certain reliance ...
... Endeavour to reform ttention which your last letter has hap- Perhaps it is natural for those that have nk little on things without ; but whoever es but in a mist , perpetually deceived by of the past , without any certain reliance ...
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... endeavour to at the stage till a Te promises of a of a loose or profane author is more = of the giddy libertine or drunken ecause it extends its effects wider , as a s the air is more destructive than poison but because it is committed ...
... endeavour to at the stage till a Te promises of a of a loose or profane author is more = of the giddy libertine or drunken ecause it extends its effects wider , as a s the air is more destructive than poison but because it is committed ...
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... endeavour the happiness of others , who ts to tenderness and pity , and studiously ocation of kindness , by degrees mingle a manner as to feel from their separation of happiness , a sudden abruption of all essation of all their hopes ...
... endeavour the happiness of others , who ts to tenderness and pity , and studiously ocation of kindness , by degrees mingle a manner as to feel from their separation of happiness , a sudden abruption of all essation of all their hopes ...
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... endeavour to see things as inquire whether we ought to complain . fe as it is will give us much consolation , he consolation which is drawn from truth , s solid and durable : that which may be r must be , like its original , fallacious ...
... endeavour to see things as inquire whether we ought to complain . fe as it is will give us much consolation , he consolation which is drawn from truth , s solid and durable : that which may be r must be , like its original , fallacious ...
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... endeavour to excel in con- onder , because in conversation praise ed . " Boswell's Life of Johnson , v . 58 . becoming a partner in the brewery1 , not to allow his commercial pursuits from his studies . " A mere literary had belonged to ...
... endeavour to excel in con- onder , because in conversation praise ed . " Boswell's Life of Johnson , v . 58 . becoming a partner in the brewery1 , not to allow his commercial pursuits from his studies . " A mere literary had belonged to ...
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