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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... kind of general challenger , whom every one has a right to attack , since he quits the common rank of life , steps forward beyond the lists , and offers his merit to the public judgment . To commence author , is to claim praise ; and no ...
... kind of general challenger , whom every one has a right to attack , since he quits the common rank of life , steps forward beyond the lists , and offers his merit to the public judgment . To commence author , is to claim praise ; and no ...
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... kind of public sport to refuse all respect that cannot be enforced . The edicts of an English academy would probably be read by many , only that they might be sure to disobey them . That our language is in perpetual danger of corruption ...
... kind of public sport to refuse all respect that cannot be enforced . The edicts of an English academy would probably be read by many , only that they might be sure to disobey them . That our language is in perpetual danger of corruption ...
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... kind of prescription for their folly , and are considerell by their companions as under a predominanti- fluence that leaves them not master of their con- duct or language , as acting without conscious- ness , and rushing into mischief ...
... kind of prescription for their folly , and are considerell by their companions as under a predominanti- fluence that leaves them not master of their con- duct or language , as acting without conscious- ness , and rushing into mischief ...
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... kind of artifice , which , by frequent repe- tition , detects itself ; and the reader , learning in time what he is to expect , lays down his book ; as the spectator turns away from a second ex- hibition of those tricks , of which the ...
... kind of artifice , which , by frequent repe- tition , detects itself ; and the reader , learning in time what he is to expect , lays down his book ; as the spectator turns away from a second ex- hibition of those tricks , of which the ...
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... kind . Rambler , vol . 1 , p . 37 . The necessity of complying with times , and of sparing persons , is the great impediment of biography . History may be formed from per- manent monuments and records , but lives can only be written ...
... kind . Rambler , vol . 1 , p . 37 . The necessity of complying with times , and of sparing persons , is the great impediment of biography . History may be formed from per- manent monuments and records , but lives can only be written ...
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