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Memoirs of the legal, literary, and political life of ... John Philpot Curran - Page 194
by William O'Regan - 1817 - 315 pages
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity, that his attention never desorted him ; he was present to every object, and regardful...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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Hamann's Schriften: Th. Metakritik über den Purismum der reinen Vernunft ...

Johann Georg Hamann - 1825 - 458 pages
...eineá fd>r unalucflicí)cn îOîatuieé, Sauvage, ctltl)àlt. ©eilt Sötogi'rtpi) fagt ООП tí)tn: He had the peculiar felicity, that his attention never deserted him ; he was ©c&riftm VII. 3%. 21 present to every object and regardful to •the most trifling occurrences. He...
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Hamann's Schriften, herausg. von F. Roth. 8 Theile [in 9].

Johann Georg Hamann - 1825 - 452 pages
...Ceben eineä fe^t ипв1йсШфеп Жаппеа, Sauvage, enthalt, ©ein SBioflrapf) fagt DO« ii>m; He had the peculiar felicity, that his attention never deserted him ; he was фадаапп'в ©^tiften VII. S£&. 27 present to every object and regardful to the most trifling...
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The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his appretension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...object, and regardful of the most trifling occurrences. Pie had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene....
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Lives of the poets. Lives of eminent persons. Political tracts. Philological ...

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Prose: Comprising Selections from the ...

1836 - 332 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him ; he had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works ; And ...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...him ; he was present to every object, and regardful ol the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating...
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Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 350 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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Johann Georg Hamann, der Magus im Norden: sein Leben und ..., Part 1

G. Poel - 1874 - 476 pages
...eineê fefer ипдШсШфеп UKannee, «Saubage enthält. £>er ïoiograpfe u f' "' fagt Don ibm: He had the peculiar felicity, that his attention never deserted him ; he was present to ever)- object and regarded to the most triffling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own...
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Passages for Translation Into Latin Prose

1887 - 152 pages
...have regarded at the present time, but which the quickness of his apprehension impressed upon him. He had the peculiar felicity that his attention never...of the most trifling occurrences. He had the art of escaping from his own reflections, and accommodating himself to every new scene. To this quality is...
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