The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius, Volume 1Luke Hansard & Sons, 1810 |
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Page 16
... heart of the country . Then follows a description of Abys- sinia , formerly the largest empire of which we have an account in history . It extended from the Red Sea to the kingdom of Congo , and from Ægypt to the Indian Sea , con ...
... heart of the country . Then follows a description of Abys- sinia , formerly the largest empire of which we have an account in history . It extended from the Red Sea to the kingdom of Congo , and from Ægypt to the Indian Sea , con ...
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... heart ? With a mind naturally vigorous , and quick- ened by necessity , Johnson formed a multi- plicity of projects ; but most of them proved abortive . D 4 abortive . A number of small tracts issued as 66 GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON , 39.
... heart ? With a mind naturally vigorous , and quick- ened by necessity , Johnson formed a multi- plicity of projects ; but most of them proved abortive . D 4 abortive . A number of small tracts issued as 66 GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON , 39.
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... heart . " There may , perhaps , be a degree of same- ness in this regular way of tracing an author from one work to another , and the reader may feel the effect of a tedious monotony ; but in the life of Johnson there are no other ...
... heart . " There may , perhaps , be a degree of same- ness in this regular way of tracing an author from one work to another , and the reader may feel the effect of a tedious monotony ; but in the life of Johnson there are no other ...
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... heart , towered above the petty arts of fraud and imposition , against an injudicious biographer , who under- took to be his editor , and the protector of his memory . Another writer , Dr. Towers , in an Essay on the Life and Character ...
... heart , towered above the petty arts of fraud and imposition , against an injudicious biographer , who under- took to be his editor , and the protector of his memory . Another writer , Dr. Towers , in an Essay on the Life and Character ...
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... heart , No gleam of wit or fancy can impart ; Whate'er the cause , from me no numbers flow , No visions warm me , and no raptures glow . A mind like Scaliger's , superior still , No grief could conquer , no misfortune chill . Though for ...
... heart , No gleam of wit or fancy can impart ; Whate'er the cause , from me no numbers flow , No visions warm me , and no raptures glow . A mind like Scaliger's , superior still , No grief could conquer , no misfortune chill . Though for ...
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