The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Volume 5T. Longman, 1796 - 443 pages |
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... least increase of uneafinefs , as keeps the foul perpetually on the watch , fuch a reftlefs and inceffant folicitude , as no care or tenderness can appeafe , and can only be pacified by the cure of the diftemper , and the re- moval of ...
... least increase of uneafinefs , as keeps the foul perpetually on the watch , fuch a reftlefs and inceffant folicitude , as no care or tenderness can appeafe , and can only be pacified by the cure of the diftemper , and the re- moval of ...
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... least of common minds , that I believe men may be generally obferved to grow lefs tender as they advance in age . He , who , when life was new , melted at the lofs of every companion , can look in time , without con- cern , upon the ...
... least of common minds , that I believe men may be generally obferved to grow lefs tender as they advance in age . He , who , when life was new , melted at the lofs of every companion , can look in time , without con- cern , upon the ...
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... least not more often than other writers who have had lefs important or complicated fubjects to take off their care from the cadence of their lines . The great peculiarity of Milton's verfification , compared with that of later poets ...
... least not more often than other writers who have had lefs important or complicated fubjects to take off their care from the cadence of their lines . The great peculiarity of Milton's verfification , compared with that of later poets ...
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... least be faid to have deserved fuccefs . The hexameter of the ancients may be confidered as confifting of fifteen fyllables , fo melodiously dif- posed , that , as every one knows who has examined the poetical authors , very pleafing ...
... least be faid to have deserved fuccefs . The hexameter of the ancients may be confidered as confifting of fifteen fyllables , fo melodiously dif- posed , that , as every one knows who has examined the poetical authors , very pleafing ...
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... least expected it , and heaped by PATRONAGE with the gifts of FORTUNE , but they were from that time chained to her footstool , and condemned to re- gulate their lives by her glances and her nods ; they feemed proud of their manacles ...
... least expected it , and heaped by PATRONAGE with the gifts of FORTUNE , but they were from that time chained to her footstool , and condemned to re- gulate their lives by her glances and her nods ; they feemed proud of their manacles ...
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accuſtomed affiftance againſt amuſements beauty becauſe buſineſs cauſe cenfure confefs confidered converfation curiofity defire delight diſcover eafily eaſe endeavoured equally eſcape eſtabliſhed fame faſhion fatisfaction favour fcarcely fecurity feem feldom felves fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon fortune fpecies ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority furely fyllables happineſs herſelf himſelf hope houſe imagination inclined increaſe intereft kindneſs knowledge labour ladies laft laſt learning leaſt lefs loft mankind meaſure ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves paffage paffed paffions paſs pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent preferve publick puniſhment purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon reft ſcarcely ſeems ſhe ſmall ſome ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh