The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... talk , so he expresses it , of a good man ought to be regarded ; the most superfluous things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain ...
... talk , so he expresses it , of a good man ought to be regarded ; the most superfluous things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain ...
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... talking of his children . " 1 Young Johnson had the misfortune to be much afflicted with the scrofula , or king's evil , which disfigured a countenance naturally well formed , and hurt his visual nerves so much , that he did not see at ...
... talking of his children . " 1 Young Johnson had the misfortune to be much afflicted with the scrofula , or king's evil , which disfigured a countenance naturally well formed , and hurt his visual nerves so much , that he did not see at ...
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... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , — " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow ...
... talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , — " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow ...
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... talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ; for though indolence and procrastination were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short ...
... talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ; for though indolence and procrastination were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short ...
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... talking to himself than to his companion . " Dr. Percy , the Bishop of Dromore , 1 who was long inti- mately acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector ...
... talking to himself than to his companion . " Dr. Percy , the Bishop of Dromore , 1 who was long inti- mately acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector ...
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