The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... attention and topicks of conversation , are incessantly busy in procuring wives and husbands . They fill the ears of every sin- a The arguments of the revered Sir Samuel Romilly on Criminal Law , have almost been anticipated in this ...
... attention and topicks of conversation , are incessantly busy in procuring wives and husbands . They fill the ears of every sin- a The arguments of the revered Sir Samuel Romilly on Criminal Law , have almost been anticipated in this ...
Pagina 140
... attention upon the comparison of probabilities , and the ad- justment of expedients , and pause in the choice of his road till some accident intercepts his journey . He whose penetration extends to remote conse- quences , and who ...
... attention upon the comparison of probabilities , and the ad- justment of expedients , and pause in the choice of his road till some accident intercepts his journey . He whose penetration extends to remote conse- quences , and who ...
Pagina 348
... attention to his extemporary sallies , and that posterity will reposite his casual effusions among the treasures of ancient wisdom ? Men have sometimes appeared of such transcend- ent abilities , that their slightest and most cursory ...
... attention to his extemporary sallies , and that posterity will reposite his casual effusions among the treasures of ancient wisdom ? Men have sometimes appeared of such transcend- ent abilities , that their slightest and most cursory ...
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The dangers of imitation The impropriety of imitating Spenser | 56 |
A criticism on the English historians | 62 |
The young trader turned gentleman | 69 |
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