The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... remarks , ] such depth of penetration , such nicety of observation , as Locke or Pascal might be proud of . This I desire you to believe is my real opinion . " However , it cannot be published in its present state . Many of your notions ...
... remarks , ] such depth of penetration , such nicety of observation , as Locke or Pascal might be proud of . This I desire you to believe is my real opinion . " However , it cannot be published in its present state . Many of your notions ...
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... remark . While we went on talking triumphantly , I was fixed in admiration , and said to Mrs. Thrale , " O for short - hand to take this down ! " " You'll carry it all in your head , ” said she : " a long head is as good as short - hand ...
... remark . While we went on talking triumphantly , I was fixed in admiration , and said to Mrs. Thrale , " O for short - hand to take this down ! " " You'll carry it all in your head , ” said she : " a long head is as good as short - hand ...
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... remark which a respectable friend had made to me upon the then state of go- vernment , when those who had been long in oppo- sition had attained to power , as it was supposed , against the inclination of the sovereign . " You need not ...
... remark which a respectable friend had made to me upon the then state of go- vernment , when those who had been long in oppo- sition had attained to power , as it was supposed , against the inclination of the sovereign . " You need not ...
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... remark is confirmed by the following story , for which I am indebted to Lord Eliot : -A country parson , who was remarkable for quoting scraps of Latin in his sermons , having died , one of his parishioners was asked how he liked his ...
... remark is confirmed by the following story , for which I am indebted to Lord Eliot : -A country parson , who was remarkable for quoting scraps of Latin in his sermons , having died , one of his parishioners was asked how he liked his ...
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... remark on the human mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would frequently anticipate instruction , and enable ingenious minds to acquire knowledge . " Sir , " said a stranger that overheard him , " that I ...
... remark on the human mind , that it had a necessary tendency to improvement , and that it would frequently anticipate instruction , and enable ingenious minds to acquire knowledge . " Sir , " said a stranger that overheard him , " that I ...
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