The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page xxiii
... expect to find chosen for reproduction . by the late Dante Gabriel Rossetti . At the Mitre , too , it was , that Goldsmith , speaking to Boswell of Johnson's kindness to a worthless person , said finely and humanely- " He is now become ...
... expect to find chosen for reproduction . by the late Dante Gabriel Rossetti . At the Mitre , too , it was , that Goldsmith , speaking to Boswell of Johnson's kindness to a worthless person , said finely and humanely- " He is now become ...
Page 6
... expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living ...
... expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living ...
Page 15
... expect to be asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . " nd the ld ne- ng I in ur , ve W , me er , to n- as is ➢ ལྔ # ⇨ # ཀྵུ ཤཱ " ཌ ལྔ b = a in he g- it : r- Grammar ...
... expect to be asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . " nd the ld ne- ng I in ur , ve W , me er , to n- as is ➢ ལྔ # ⇨ # ཀྵུ ཤཱ " ཌ ལྔ b = a in he g- it : r- Grammar ...
Page 32
... expecting to find it a dull book , ( as such books generally are ) , and perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable ...
... expecting to find it a dull book , ( as such books generally are ) , and perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable ...
Page 45
... expect it . Your late offer3 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other designs to impart , if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of ...
... expect it . Your late offer3 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other designs to impart , if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of ...
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