The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... 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 such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he ...
... 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 such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he ...
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... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . ' Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but ...
... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . ' Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but ...
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... never yet varied , that a man is happier : and I enlarged upon the anxiety and sufferings which are endured at ... never to be shaken ? " He this evening drank a bumper to Sir David Dalrymple , " as a man of worth , a scholar , and a wit ...
... never yet varied , that a man is happier : and I enlarged upon the anxiety and sufferings which are endured at ... never to be shaken ? " He this evening drank a bumper to Sir David Dalrymple , " as a man of worth , a scholar , and a wit ...
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