The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life constantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circumstance , and from time to time 1 Idler , No. 84. B ...
... honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life constantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circumstance , and from time to time 1 Idler , No. 84. B ...
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... he collected , we see that he esteemed it more honour to make himself but a pair of tables , to take the wise and pithy words of others , than to JOHNSON'S PARENTS 9 have every word of his own to 8 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... he collected , we see that he esteemed it more honour to make himself but a pair of tables , to take the wise and pithy words of others , than to JOHNSON'S PARENTS 9 have every word of his own to 8 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... honour thee for this thy duty . " That superiority over his fellows , which he maintained with so much dignity in his march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those ...
... honour thee for this thy duty . " That superiority over his fellows , which he maintained with so much dignity in his march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those ...
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... honour to human nature . Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " They never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but ...
... honour to human nature . Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " They never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but ...
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... honour by me . I had brought enough with me to carry me through ; and all I should get at his school would be ascribed to my own labour , or to my former master . Yet he taught me a great deal . " He thus discriminated to Dr. Percy ...
... honour by me . I had brought enough with me to carry me through ; and all I should get at his school would be ascribed to my own labour , or to my former master . Yet he taught me a great deal . " He thus discriminated to Dr. Percy ...
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