The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... mind , and knowledge of language ; yet he always seemed more mortified at the recollection of the bustle his parents made with his wit , than pleased with the thoughts of possessing it . " That ( said he 8 ANECDOTES OF JOHNSON.
... mind , and knowledge of language ; yet he always seemed more mortified at the recollection of the bustle his parents made with his wit , than pleased with the thoughts of possessing it . " That ( said he 8 ANECDOTES OF JOHNSON.
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... language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from the pain which guilt had given him , he now began to deduce the soul's immortality , which was the point that belief first stopped at ; and from that moment resolv ...
... language that contained the information he most wished for ; but from the pain which guilt had given him , he now began to deduce the soul's immortality , which was the point that belief first stopped at ; and from that moment resolv ...
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... language till I read that , so I never read any thing in the same language since , that pleased me as much . I hope my translation ( continued he ) is not worse than that of Frank See Life , vol . iv . , June 30 , 1784 . Fawkes ...
... language till I read that , so I never read any thing in the same language since , that pleased me as much . I hope my translation ( continued he ) is not worse than that of Frank See Life , vol . iv . , June 30 , 1784 . Fawkes ...
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... language : for though he considered it as a proof of a narrow mind to be too careful of literary reputation , yet no man could be more enraged than he , if an enemy , taking advantage of this confession , twitted him with his ignorance ...
... language : for though he considered it as a proof of a narrow mind to be too careful of literary reputation , yet no man could be more enraged than he , if an enemy , taking advantage of this confession , twitted him with his ignorance ...
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... , " Se al venir vestro i principi sen ' vanno Deh venga ogni di durate un anno ; ' " " " which ( said he ) would do just as well in our language thus : " If at your coming princes disappear , Comets ! BY MRS . PIOZZI . 31.
... , " Se al venir vestro i principi sen ' vanno Deh venga ogni di durate un anno ; ' " " " which ( said he ) would do just as well in our language thus : " If at your coming princes disappear , Comets ! BY MRS . PIOZZI . 31.
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