The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating ation . enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his.
... of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating ation . enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his.
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... believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , “ My master whipped me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to ...
... believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , “ My master whipped me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to ...
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... believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of ...
... believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which he formed his judgment of ...
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... believe in every other translation , there is in the work itself no vestige of the translator's own style ; for the language of trans- lation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it ...
... believe in every other translation , there is in the work itself no vestige of the translator's own style ; for the language of trans- lation being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it ...
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... believe him who cannot contradict him . " He appears by his modest and unaffected narration , to have described things as he saw them , to have copied nature from the life , and to have consulted his senses , not his imagination . He ...
... believe him who cannot contradict him . " He appears by his modest and unaffected narration , to have described things as he saw them , to have copied nature from the life , and to have consulted his senses , not his imagination . He ...
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