Wit and Wisdom of Samuel JohnsonClarendon Press, 1888 - 323 pages |
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... along path he doggedly plodded his way . Who has ll's Life of Johnson , v . 20 . 426 . 11's Life of Jobssons in 4 2 Ib . v . 25 n . 2 . Walpole's Letters , viii . 538 . the main of character heightens still more h exists in.
... along path he doggedly plodded his way . Who has ll's Life of Johnson , v . 20 . 426 . 11's Life of Jobssons in 4 2 Ib . v . 25 n . 2 . Walpole's Letters , viii . 538 . the main of character heightens still more h exists in.
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... one has done him more speaks of him as ' that poet whose read when every other monument - P. 286 . . 251 . zzi Letters , ii . 92 . i . 497 n . I. 3 Ib . i . 131 . • Works , viii . 343 . we are not to think foolishly . Is's striking words.
... one has done him more speaks of him as ' that poet whose read when every other monument - P. 286 . . 251 . zzi Letters , ii . 92 . i . 497 n . I. 3 Ib . i . 131 . • Works , viii . 343 . we are not to think foolishly . Is's striking words.
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... 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 turns t He loves ci d he will never a ...
... 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 turns t He loves ci d he will never a ...
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... viii . 24 . My character as a man , a subject , or a trader , is under the protection of the law ; but my reputation as an author is at the mercy of the reader who lies under no other obli- gations to do me justice than those of ...
... viii . 24 . My character as a man , a subject , or a trader , is under the protection of the law ; but my reputation as an author is at the mercy of the reader who lies under no other obli- gations to do me justice than those of ...
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... viii . 18 . some tenderness due to living writers , one of those truths which are of im- piness of mankind , and have committed n that of betraying their own ignorance ld think it cruelty to crush an insect me only by buzzing in my ear ...
... viii . 18 . some tenderness due to living writers , one of those truths which are of im- piness of mankind , and have committed n that of betraying their own ignorance ld think it cruelty to crush an insect me only by buzzing in my ear ...
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