Johnsoniana: Robert Anderson. Life of Samuel JohnsonGarland Pub., 1974 |
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... hope the world tastes them ; for its own sake I hope & c . But Johnson is well known to have represented his own practice , in the following passage , in his Life of Pope . " Of composition there are different methods . Some employ at ...
... hope the world tastes them ; for its own sake I hope & c . But Johnson is well known to have represented his own practice , in the following passage , in his Life of Pope . " Of composition there are different methods . Some employ at ...
Page 440
... hope that he had much longer to live , he prepared to meet the doom , from which there is no ex- emption to man , with firmness and resigna- tion . Eternity presented to his imagina- nation an awful prospect ; and with as much virtue as ...
... hope that he had much longer to live , he prepared to meet the doom , from which there is no ex- emption to man , with firmness and resigna- tion . Eternity presented to his imagina- nation an awful prospect ; and with as much virtue as ...
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... hope . Human life , through all its vicissitudes , pre- sents many alleviations of suffering , many in- tervals of ease and comfort , many rewards of honourable exertion , and many incite- * Rambler , No. 165 . ments to rational hope ...
... hope . Human life , through all its vicissitudes , pre- sents many alleviations of suffering , many in- tervals of ease and comfort , many rewards of honourable exertion , and many incite- * Rambler , No. 165 . ments to rational hope ...
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