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... wish for those entering active or literary life , access to no purer , or more copious , or more stimulating fountains of thought , sentiment , and motive , than are here . " — N. A. Review . " The judgment of the most competent and ...
... wish for those entering active or literary life , access to no purer , or more copious , or more stimulating fountains of thought , sentiment , and motive , than are here . " — N. A. Review . " The judgment of the most competent and ...
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... wish that four or five likenesses which have no interest for posterity , were wanting to that noble gallery , and that their places were supplied by sketches of Johnson and Gibbon , as happy and vivid as the sketches of Burke and ...
... wish that four or five likenesses which have no interest for posterity , were wanting to that noble gallery , and that their places were supplied by sketches of Johnson and Gibbon , as happy and vivid as the sketches of Burke and ...
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... wish to see him ? ' I was much confused by the sudden- ness of the question , and answered , in my hurry , ' Because he is a notable man . ' This , in one sense of the word , was so very contrary to the character and conduct of ...
... wish to see him ? ' I was much confused by the sudden- ness of the question , and answered , in my hurry , ' Because he is a notable man . ' This , in one sense of the word , was so very contrary to the character and conduct of ...
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... wish to impress his company with any awe of the great abilities with which he was endowed , espe cially when in the society of those high in rank . I have heard Sir Joshua say that he has frequently xlvi ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH .
... wish to impress his company with any awe of the great abilities with which he was endowed , espe cially when in the society of those high in rank . I have heard Sir Joshua say that he has frequently xlvi ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH .
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... wish , sir , for your opinion on the subject . ' Johnson inclined his head , and never shone more in his life than at that period : he replied without any pomp ; he was perfectly clear and explicit , full of the subject , and left ...
... wish , sir , for your opinion on the subject . ' Johnson inclined his head , and never shone more in his life than at that period : he replied without any pomp ; he was perfectly clear and explicit , full of the subject , and left ...
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