The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... learning , I mean not to take from the one part of his character that which I willingly give to the other . The erudition of Mr. Johnson proved his genius ; for he had not acquired it by long or profound study : nor can I think those ...
... learning , I mean not to take from the one part of his character that which I willingly give to the other . The erudition of Mr. Johnson proved his genius ; for he had not acquired it by long or profound study : nor can I think those ...
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... learning driven into their heads , any more than I can persuade myself to consider the river Jenisca as superior to the Nile , because the first receives near seventy tributary streams in the course of its unmarked progress to the sea ...
... learning driven into their heads , any more than I can persuade myself to consider the river Jenisca as superior to the Nile , because the first receives near seventy tributary streams in the course of its unmarked progress to the sea ...
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... learning , was expressed in terms so gross and so well known , I will not repeat them here . 1 To recollect , however , and to repeat the sayings of Dr. John- son , is almost all that can be done by the writers of his life ; as his life ...
... learning , was expressed in terms so gross and so well known , I will not repeat them here . 1 To recollect , however , and to repeat the sayings of Dr. John- son , is almost all that can be done by the writers of his life ; as his life ...
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... learning , and his goodness of heart : " He was the only man too ( says Mr. Johnson quite seriously ) that did justice to my good breeding ; and you may observe that I am well - bred to a degree of needless scrupulosity . No man ...
... learning , and his goodness of heart : " He was the only man too ( says Mr. Johnson quite seriously ) that did justice to my good breeding ; and you may observe that I am well - bred to a degree of needless scrupulosity . No man ...
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... learning . " That creature would ( said he ) defend his pupils to the last : no young lad under his care should suffer for committing slight improprieties , while he had breath to defend , or power to protect them . If I had had sons to ...
... learning . " That creature would ( said he ) defend his pupils to the last : no young lad under his care should suffer for committing slight improprieties , while he had breath to defend , or power to protect them . If I had had sons to ...
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