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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... particular course of his reading while at Oxford ; and during the time of vacation which he passed at home , cannot be traced . ' Enough has been said of his irregular mode of study . He told me , that from his earliest years he loved ...
... particular course of his reading while at Oxford ; and during the time of vacation which he passed at home , cannot be traced . ' Enough has been said of his irregular mode of study . He told me , that from his earliest years he loved ...
Page 97
... particular incidents , or with the writing of particular parts of his works . To some , this minute attention may appear trifling ; but when we consider the punctilious exactness with which the different houses in which Mil- ton resided ...
... particular incidents , or with the writing of particular parts of his works . To some , this minute attention may appear trifling ; but when we consider the punctilious exactness with which the different houses in which Mil- ton resided ...
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... particular place , and a particular hour , a fact which I had no appre- hension of , nor any means of knowing , and this fact , with all its circumstances , should afterwards be unquestionably proved , I should in that case be persuaded ...
... particular place , and a particular hour , a fact which I had no appre- hension of , nor any means of knowing , and this fact , with all its circumstances , should afterwards be unquestionably proved , I should in that case be persuaded ...
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