The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity : he might still be a giant among the pygmies , the one - eyed monarch of the blind . " - J . Boswell . □ Nicholas Clenard , who was born in Brabant , and died at Grenada in ...
... hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity : he might still be a giant among the pygmies , the one - eyed monarch of the blind . " - J . Boswell . □ Nicholas Clenard , who was born in Brabant , and died at Grenada in ...
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... written . " I shall here insert them , and hope my readers will apply them . Who strives to mount Parnassus ' hill , And thence poetick laurels bring , usual energy . Dr. Adam Smith , who was present 18 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
... written . " I shall here insert them , and hope my readers will apply them . Who strives to mount Parnassus ' hill , And thence poetick laurels bring , usual energy . Dr. Adam Smith , who was present 18 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
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... hope long toil And comprehensive genius crown , All sciences , all arts his spoil , Yet what reward , or what renown ? Envy , innate in vulgar souls , Envy steps in and stops his rise ; Envy with poison'd tarnish fouls His lustre , and ...
... hope long toil And comprehensive genius crown , All sciences , all arts his spoil , Yet what reward , or what renown ? Envy , innate in vulgar souls , Envy steps in and stops his rise ; Envy with poison'd tarnish fouls His lustre , and ...
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... hope the authority of the great master of our language will stop that curtailing innovation , by which we see critic , public , etc. frequently written in- stead of critick , publick , etc. - BOSWELL . opposite way , and the person ...
... hope the authority of the great master of our language will stop that curtailing innovation , by which we see critic , public , etc. frequently written in- stead of critick , publick , etc. - BOSWELL . opposite way , and the person ...
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... hope , in such a manner as may tend to the promotion of pietyd . " This is the work which , of all Dr. Johnson's writings , will perhaps be read most generally , and with most plea- sure . Philology and biography were his favourite pur ...
... hope , in such a manner as may tend to the promotion of pietyd . " This is the work which , of all Dr. Johnson's writings , will perhaps be read most generally , and with most plea- sure . Philology and biography were his favourite pur ...
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