The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very capable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any profession . " I ...
... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very capable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any profession . " I ...
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... able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the pri- vilege of complaint . 66 I should have known nothing of you or of Langton , from the time that dear Miss Langton left us , had not ...
... able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the pri- vilege of complaint . 66 I should have known nothing of you or of Langton , from the time that dear Miss Langton left us , had not ...
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... able to im- prove our acquaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the plea- sure with which I should walk to Partney in a summer morning ; but this is no longer possible . We must now ...
... able to im- prove our acquaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the plea- sure with which I should walk to Partney in a summer morning ; but this is no longer possible . We must now ...
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... able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is consi- dered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing ...
... able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is consi- dered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing ...
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... able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had re- ceived a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me ...
... able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had re- ceived a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an advocate , as is the custom in Scotland . He then wrote to me ...
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