The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their ... learning with them for his life . In the foreign Universities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost ...
... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their ... learning with them for his life . In the foreign Universities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost ...
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... learning was thus marked upon two occasions . Of Queen Elizabeth he said , ' She had learning enough to have given dignity to a bishop ; ' and of Mr. Thomas Davies he said , ' Sir , Davies has learning enough to give credit to a ...
... learning was thus marked upon two occasions . Of Queen Elizabeth he said , ' She had learning enough to have given dignity to a bishop ; ' and of Mr. Thomas Davies he said , ' Sir , Davies has learning enough to give credit to a ...
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... learning . That he may find his ingenuity rewarded , and that learning may flourish under your protection , is the wish of , Sir , " Your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " I wrote to him in February , complaining of having been ...
... learning . That he may find his ingenuity rewarded , and that learning may flourish under your protection , is the wish of , Sir , " Your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " I wrote to him in February , complaining of having been ...
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