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Page 96
... never suffered to return , the effect of longer experience could not be known . Thus every year produced new schemes of delight , and new competitors for imprisonment . As his mother lay dying , Johnson produced in this passage a ...
... never suffered to return , the effect of longer experience could not be known . Thus every year produced new schemes of delight , and new competitors for imprisonment . As his mother lay dying , Johnson produced in this passage a ...
Page 160
... never clear ' ) . The final lines might even be suspected of irony : Heav'n , as its purest Gold , by Torture try'd , The Saint sustained , but the Woman dy'd . Johnson , however , is rapturous . ' I have always considered this as the ...
... never clear ' ) . The final lines might even be suspected of irony : Heav'n , as its purest Gold , by Torture try'd , The Saint sustained , but the Woman dy'd . Johnson , however , is rapturous . ' I have always considered this as the ...
Page 169
... never foreseen or intended and is to be censured or applauded as the general Advantages or Inconveniences are found to preponderate . Of this kind is the Law before us , a Law enforced by the Necessity of our Affairs , and drawn up with ...
... never foreseen or intended and is to be censured or applauded as the general Advantages or Inconveniences are found to preponderate . Of this kind is the Law before us , a Law enforced by the Necessity of our Affairs , and drawn up with ...
Contents
surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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