The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . ' -BOSWELL . Johnson's meaning , however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead must be the worst of all blockheads , because he is without excuse . But Bramston , in the assumed ...
... Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . ' -BOSWELL . Johnson's meaning , however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead must be the worst of all blockheads , because he is without excuse . But Bramston , in the assumed ...
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... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . indulgent husband to the last moment of Mrs. Johnson's life : and in his Prayers and Medi- tations we ...
... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . indulgent husband to the last moment of Mrs. Johnson's life : and in his Prayers and Medi- tations we ...
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... Nichols . Mr. Wilcox the bookseller , on being informed by him that his intention was to get his livelihood as an author , eyed his robust frame sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first 24 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
... Nichols . Mr. Wilcox the bookseller , on being informed by him that his intention was to get his livelihood as an author , eyed his robust frame sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first 24 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
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... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids and wanton poets . " Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of In the course of the summer he returned to Lichfield , where he had left Mrs. Johnson , and ...
... Sure this is love , which heretofore I conceived the dream of idle maids and wanton poets . " Though no comets or prodigies foretold the ruin of In the course of the summer he returned to Lichfield , where he had left Mrs. Johnson , and ...
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... sure , not the proportion of one to each paper . This idle charge has been echoed from one babbler to another , who have confounded Johnson's Essays with Johnson's Dictionary ; and because he thought it right in a lexicon of our ...
... sure , not the proportion of one to each paper . This idle charge has been echoed from one babbler to another , who have confounded Johnson's Essays with Johnson's Dictionary ; and because he thought it right in a lexicon of our ...
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