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... whole , knowledge , per se , is certainly an object which every 1 It may not be improper to annex here Mrs. Piozzi's account of this transaction , in her own words , as a specimen of the extreme inaccuracy with which all her anecdotes ...
... whole , knowledge , per se , is certainly an object which every 1 It may not be improper to annex here Mrs. Piozzi's account of this transaction , in her own words , as a specimen of the extreme inaccuracy with which all her anecdotes ...
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... whole , with Shakspeare on the whole ; but only maintaining that Congreve has one finer passage than any that can be found in Shakspeare . Sir , a man may have no more than ten guineas in the world , but he may have those ten guineas in ...
... whole , with Shakspeare on the whole ; but only maintaining that Congreve has one finer passage than any that can be found in Shakspeare . Sir , a man may have no more than ten guineas in the world , but he may have those ten guineas in ...
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... whole , setting aside instances of great and lasting bodily pain , of minds peculiarly oppressed by melancholy , and of severe tem- poral calamities , from which extraordinary cases we surely should not form our estimate of the general ...
... whole , setting aside instances of great and lasting bodily pain , of minds peculiarly oppressed by melancholy , and of severe tem- poral calamities , from which extraordinary cases we surely should not form our estimate of the general ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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