The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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Page 22
... desire to look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for con- test , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about , and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves ...
... desire to look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for con- test , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about , and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves ...
Page 32
... desire to give him an English education , it should be con- sidered whether they cannot send him for a year or two to an English school . If he comes immediately from Scotland , he can make no figure in our Universities . The schools in ...
... desire to give him an English education , it should be con- sidered whether they cannot send him for a year or two to an English school . If he comes immediately from Scotland , he can make no figure in our Universities . The schools in ...
Page 60
... desire it to be done ; and , upon your own principles , you will not easily prove your right to destroy that capacity of suc- cession which your ancestors have left . " If your ancestor had not the power of making a perpetual settlement ...
... desire it to be done ; and , upon your own principles , you will not easily prove your right to destroy that capacity of suc- cession which your ancestors have left . " If your ancestor had not the power of making a perpetual settlement ...
Page 65
... desire to be with him ; inform- ing him that the ten packets came all safe ; that Lord Hailes was much obliged to him , and said he had almost wholly removed his scruples against entails . To JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . " DEAR SIR , -I have ...
... desire to be with him ; inform- ing him that the ten packets came all safe ; that Lord Hailes was much obliged to him , and said he had almost wholly removed his scruples against entails . To JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . " DEAR SIR , -I have ...
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... desire to have an armed force to defend them , they should pay for it . Your scheme is to retain a part of your little land - tax , by making us pay and clothe your militia . " BOSWELL . " You should not talk of we and you , Sir ; there ...
... desire to have an armed force to defend them , they should pay for it . Your scheme is to retain a part of your little land - tax , by making us pay and clothe your militia . " BOSWELL . " You should not talk of we and you , Sir ; there ...
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