Wit and Wisdom of Samuel JohnsonClarendon Press, 1888 - 323 pages |
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... 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 his disciples and friends . As ke justly maintained , ' Boswell's Life is a greater Johnson's fame ...
... 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 his disciples and friends . As ke justly maintained , ' Boswell's Life is a greater Johnson's fame ...
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... fame would extend as far as the banks of the Rhone ; lga is farther from me than the Rhone was from Horace . " fe of Johnson , iv . 276. The report that the Rambler was o Russian was not well founded . 8 n . 4 . " " still ever yet been ...
... fame would extend as far as the banks of the Rhone ; lga is farther from me than the Rhone was from Horace . " fe of Johnson , iv . 276. The report that the Rambler was o Russian was not well founded . 8 n . 4 . " " still ever yet been ...
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... fame as that which no man , an , however wise or ignorant , was yet The applause of a single human being ce ' he said , when a letter was read to › hnson , i . 230 . 121 . 6 2 Works , vii . 135 . um pecus . ' Horace i . Epistles xix ...
... fame as that which no man , an , however wise or ignorant , was yet The applause of a single human being ce ' he said , when a letter was read to › hnson , i . 230 . 121 . 6 2 Works , vii . 135 . um pecus . ' Horace i . Epistles xix ...
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... fame No greater felicity can genius of having purified intellectual pleasure , From indecency , and wit from licentious- taught a succession of writers to bring ety to the aid of goodness ; and , if I ons yet more awful , of having ...
... fame No greater felicity can genius of having purified intellectual pleasure , From indecency , and wit from licentious- taught a succession of writers to bring ety to the aid of goodness ; and , if I ons yet more awful , of having ...
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... fame as to linger on the = me quoque possim virum volitare per ora . - VIRG.1 □ pt , my grovelling name - my flight to fame . - DRYDEN . the apparent motive of advice , ummon our powers to oppose it quiry whether it is right . It is ...
... fame as to linger on the = me quoque possim virum volitare per ora . - VIRG.1 □ pt , my grovelling name - my flight to fame . - DRYDEN . the apparent motive of advice , ummon our powers to oppose it quiry whether it is right . It is ...
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