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... Never , never , never , never , never ! ( V , iii , 304–7 ) Nowhere is Johnson closer to the play's own spirit than when he pays it the tribute of his hatred , pain and fear . It reveals the very nature of his incarnation of religion ...
... Never , never , never , never , never ! ( V , iii , 304–7 ) Nowhere is Johnson closer to the play's own spirit than when he pays it the tribute of his hatred , pain and fear . It reveals the very nature of his incarnation of religion ...
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... Never , never , never , never , never ! ' - the words of a ' life stripped of those ornaments which make it glitter on the stage , and exposed in its natural meanness , impotence and nakedness'.74 The thing itself , ' nothing ' . For ...
... Never , never , never , never , never ! ' - the words of a ' life stripped of those ornaments which make it glitter on the stage , and exposed in its natural meanness , impotence and nakedness'.74 The thing itself , ' nothing ' . For ...
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... never lifted up a single stone . ( ' Michael ' , 456–7 ) Never , never , never , never , never ! And Fisher's lost child is only a little boy . Johnson had no children . On hearing of the sudden death of Mr Thrale's only son , he said ...
... never lifted up a single stone . ( ' Michael ' , 456–7 ) Never , never , never , never , never ! And Fisher's lost child is only a little boy . Johnson had no children . On hearing of the sudden death of Mr Thrale's only son , he said ...
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Almost every man will be found to have enlisted | 10 |
Discoursing like an angel living like a | 21 |
The System of Life | 42 |
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