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Samuel Johnson. fore of the chorus on good and bad news feems to want elevation , Monoah . A little ftay will bring fome notice hither . Chor . Of good or bad so great , of bad the sooner ; For evil news rides poft , while good news ...
Samuel Johnson. fore of the chorus on good and bad news feems to want elevation , Monoah . A little ftay will bring fome notice hither . Chor . Of good or bad so great , of bad the sooner ; For evil news rides poft , while good news ...
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Samuel Johnson. alike on either hand , and every thing equally unknown and unexamined feems of equal value , the power of the foul is principally ex- erted in a vivacious and defultory curiofity .. She applies by turns to every object ...
Samuel Johnson. alike on either hand , and every thing equally unknown and unexamined feems of equal value , the power of the foul is principally ex- erted in a vivacious and defultory curiofity .. She applies by turns to every object ...
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... feems neceffary than free- dom from reftraint : Every man may remem- ber that if he was left to himfelf , and indulged in the difpefal of his own time , he was once content without the fuperaddition of any ac tual pleasure . The new ...
... feems neceffary than free- dom from reftraint : Every man may remem- ber that if he was left to himfelf , and indulged in the difpefal of his own time , he was once content without the fuperaddition of any ac tual pleasure . The new ...
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