The beauties of Samuel Johnson: maxims and observations. To which are now added, biographical anecdotes of the doctor, his life [&c.].1804 |
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... lenity and procrastination of hostilities on our side ; the Doctor observed , that a prince who * Mr. Cooper . made made war upon his enemies tenderly , often distressed his [ 36 ] Ditto from Mr Boswell's Life of Johnson (lately published)
... lenity and procrastination of hostilities on our side ; the Doctor observed , that a prince who * Mr. Cooper . made made war upon his enemies tenderly , often distressed his [ 36 ] Ditto from Mr Boswell's Life of Johnson (lately published)
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... Prince of Abyssinia , p . 232 . THE ANCIENTS . Such is the general conspiracy of human na- ture against contemporary merit , that if we had inherited from antiquity enough to afford em- ployment for the laborious , and amusement for • G ...
... Prince of Abyssinia , p . 232 . THE ANCIENTS . Such is the general conspiracy of human na- ture against contemporary merit , that if we had inherited from antiquity enough to afford em- ployment for the laborious , and amusement for • G ...
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... not to be regretted . Prince of Abyssinia , p . 29 . The usual fortune of complaint , is to excite contempt more than pity . Life of Cowley . To To hear complaints with patience , even when complaints are √ 148 ] Chance.
... not to be regretted . Prince of Abyssinia , p . 29 . The usual fortune of complaint , is to excite contempt more than pity . Life of Cowley . To To hear complaints with patience , even when complaints are √ 148 ] Chance.
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... Prince of Abyssinia , p . 211 . Differences are never so effectually laid asleep , as by some common calamity . An enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger . Rambler , vol . 2 , p . 150 .. He that never was acquainted with adversity ...
... Prince of Abyssinia , p . 211 . Differences are never so effectually laid asleep , as by some common calamity . An enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger . Rambler , vol . 2 , p . 150 .. He that never was acquainted with adversity ...
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... Prince of Abyffinia , p . 109 . CLEANLINESS . There is a kind of anxious cleanliness , which is always a characteristic of a slattern ; it is the superfluous scrupulosity of guilt , dreading disco- very and shunning suspicion . It is ...
... Prince of Abyffinia , p . 109 . CLEANLINESS . There is a kind of anxious cleanliness , which is always a characteristic of a slattern ; it is the superfluous scrupulosity of guilt , dreading disco- very and shunning suspicion . It is ...
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Abyffinia beauty calamity censure character considered contempt crime danger death delight desire Dictionary diligence Doctor Dryden easily endeavour envy equally error evil excellence eyes Falkland Islands Falstaff fame fancy faults favour fear flattered folly fortune frequently friendship genius give guilt happiness honour hope human Ibid idle Idler imagination Johnson kind knowledge labour laws less lives London Chronicle Lord mankind MARRIAGE ment mind miscarriage misery nation nature necessary neral ness never Notes upon Shakspeare observed once opinion ourselves pain passions perhaps pleased pleasure poet poetry polished language Pope praise Preface to Shakspeare pride Prince of Abyssinia produce prudence racters Rambler reason Roger Ascham SAMUEL JOHNSON says seldom Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Thomas Browne sometimes stancy Streatham suffer superiority things thought Thrale tion truth vanity virtue Western Islands writer