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Page xlvii
... charm by his boyish and social manners , and he then has soon become the plaything and favourite of the company . Mr. Boswell in this year records an opinion of Sir Joshua's on the subject of conversation , which may be noticed in this ...
... charm by his boyish and social manners , and he then has soon become the plaything and favourite of the company . Mr. Boswell in this year records an opinion of Sir Joshua's on the subject of conversation , which may be noticed in this ...
Page xcvii
... charms were very far from alluring , whilst her demands were extremely urgent . In this crisis of his fate , he was found by Johnson in the act of meditating on the me- lancholy alternative before him . He showed Johnson his manuscript ...
... charms were very far from alluring , whilst her demands were extremely urgent . In this crisis of his fate , he was found by Johnson in the act of meditating on the me- lancholy alternative before him . He showed Johnson his manuscript ...
Page 9
... charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school - taught pride dissemble all it can , These little things ...
... charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school - taught pride dissemble all it can , These little things ...
Page 14
... charm , Redress the clime , and all its rage disarm . Though poor the peasant's hut , his feasts tho ' small , He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No ...
... charm , Redress the clime , and all its rage disarm . Though poor the peasant's hut , his feasts tho ' small , He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No ...
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... charms to barren states assign'd ; Their wants but few , their wishes all confin'd . Yet let them only share the praises due , If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; 9 8 Drive the reluctant savage into the toils . ' Cit . of ...
... charms to barren states assign'd ; Their wants but few , their wishes all confin'd . Yet let them only share the praises due , If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; 9 8 Drive the reluctant savage into the toils . ' Cit . of ...
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