The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived together with companionable ease and familiarity : nor had Sir John Hawkins that nice perception ...
... knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived together with companionable ease and familiarity : nor had Sir John Hawkins that nice perception ...
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... knowledge , and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity , there is danger lest his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his tenderness , overpower his fidelity , and tempt him to conceal , if not to invent . There are many who ...
... knowledge , and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity , there is danger lest his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his tenderness , overpower his fidelity , and tempt him to conceal , if not to invent . There are many who ...
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... knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than public occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk ...
... knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than public occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk ...
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... knowledge to its just height ; all the clergy here are his pupils , and suck all they have from him ; Allen cannot make a warrant without his precedent , nor our quondam John Evans draw a recognizance sine directione Michaelis ...
... knowledge to its just height ; all the clergy here are his pupils , and suck all they have from him ; Allen cannot make a warrant without his precedent , nor our quondam John Evans draw a recognizance sine directione Michaelis ...
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... knowledge of Latin , in which , I 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 ...
... knowledge of Latin , in which , I 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 ...
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