Life and Writings, Volume 1Harper, 1860 |
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Page 16
... pleasure , " he said to Mrs. Piozzi , " in relating the anecdotes of beggary . " 66 Johnson derived from his parents , or from an un- wholesome nurse , the distemper called the king's first of his prayers . After the alteration of the ...
... pleasure , " he said to Mrs. Piozzi , " in relating the anecdotes of beggary . " 66 Johnson derived from his parents , or from an un- wholesome nurse , the distemper called the king's first of his prayers . After the alteration of the ...
Page 21
... pleasure of reading Vida , Fra- castorius , Sannazaro , Strada , and others , down to the late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson proposed to himself would , beyond all question , have been a valuable ...
... pleasure of reading Vida , Fra- castorius , Sannazaro , Strada , and others , down to the late elegant productions of Bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson proposed to himself would , beyond all question , have been a valuable ...
Page 39
... pleasure , which no man shall di- ininish or augment . I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause , if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue and confidence to truth ...
... pleasure , which no man shall di- ininish or augment . I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause , if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue and confidence to truth ...
Page 43
... pleasure of doing good to the living . The letter adds , " To assist industrious indigence , struggling with distress and debilitated by age , is a display of virtue , and an acquisition of happiness and honour . Whoever , therefore ...
... pleasure of doing good to the living . The letter adds , " To assist industrious indigence , struggling with distress and debilitated by age , is a display of virtue , and an acquisition of happiness and honour . Whoever , therefore ...
Page 51
... the following manner : " Mr. Murphy be- ng engaged in a periodical paper , the Gray's - Inn Journal , was at a friend's house in the country , and , not being disposed to lose pleasure for business , wished DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 51.
... the following manner : " Mr. Murphy be- ng engaged in a periodical paper , the Gray's - Inn Journal , was at a friend's house in the country , and , not being disposed to lose pleasure for business , wished DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 51.
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