The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Nide 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... tion , gloom , and despair , which made existence misery . From this dismal malady he never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his enjoyments , were but temporary interruptions of its baleful influence ...
... tion , gloom , and despair , which made existence misery . From this dismal malady he never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his enjoyments , were but temporary interruptions of its baleful influence ...
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... tion ; and he was very much offended at the general licence by no means " modestly taken " in his time , not only to coin new words , but to use Such they'll degrade , and sometimes in its stead In downright charity revive the dead ...
... tion ; and he was very much offended at the general licence by no means " modestly taken " in his time , not only to coin new words , but to use Such they'll degrade , and sometimes in its stead In downright charity revive the dead ...
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... tion as to his application . It reconciles any seeming inconsistency in his way of talking upon it at different times ; and shows that idleness and reading hard were with him relative terms , the import of which , as used by him , must ...
... tion as to his application . It reconciles any seeming inconsistency in his way of talking upon it at different times ; and shows that idleness and reading hard were with him relative terms , the import of which , as used by him , must ...
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