The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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... mentioned . In some cases I candidly confess , and in many more I fear that I have shown , my own ignorance ; but I can say , that when I have so failed , it has not been for want of diligent inquiry after the desired information . I ...
... mentioned . In some cases I candidly confess , and in many more I fear that I have shown , my own ignorance ; but I can say , that when I have so failed , it has not been for want of diligent inquiry after the desired information . I ...
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... very easy ' This forms the subject of one of the bas - reliefs on the pedestal of the statue mentioned ( note ) p . 15. - Editor . operation , as his size was remarkably large . His ET . 10 . 21 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... very easy ' This forms the subject of one of the bas - reliefs on the pedestal of the statue mentioned ( note ) p . 15. - Editor . operation , as his size was remarkably large . His ET . 10 . 21 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... mentioned it as one of the most memorable events of his life , that " he was very near having that great man for his scholar . " He remained at Stourbridge little more than a year , and then he returned home , where he may be said to ...
... mentioned it as one of the most memorable events of his life , that " he was very near having that great man for his scholar . " He remained at Stourbridge little more than a year , and then he returned home , where he may be said to ...
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... mention one curious instance of his casual reading , when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had hid some ... mentioned , in some preface , as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat ...
... mention one curious instance of his casual reading , when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had hid some ... mentioned , in some preface , as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat ...
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... mentioned the early impressions made upon his tender imagination by his mother , who continued her pious cares with assiduity , but , in his opinion , not with judgment . " Sunday , " said he , " was a heavy day to me when I was a boy ...
... mentioned the early impressions made upon his tender imagination by his mother , who continued her pious cares with assiduity , but , in his opinion , not with judgment . " Sunday , " said he , " was a heavy day to me when I was a boy ...
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