The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... doubt that I can do it in three years . ADAMS : But the French Academy , which consists of forty members , took forty years to compile their Dictionary . JOHNSON : Sir , thus it is this is the proportion . Let me see ; forty times forty ...
... doubt that I can do it in three years . ADAMS : But the French Academy , which consists of forty members , took forty years to compile their Dictionary . JOHNSON : Sir , thus it is this is the proportion . Let me see ; forty times forty ...
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... doubt of the justice of his animadversion upon his old acquaintance and pupil.1 I now felt myself much mortified , and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted . And , in truth ...
... doubt of the justice of his animadversion upon his old acquaintance and pupil.1 I now felt myself much mortified , and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted . And , in truth ...
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... doubt had an early attachment to the house of Stuart ; but his zeal had cooled as his reason strengthened . Indeed I heard him once say , " that after the death of a violent Whig , with whom he used to contend with great eagerness , he ...
... doubt had an early attachment to the house of Stuart ; but his zeal had cooled as his reason strengthened . Indeed I heard him once say , " that after the death of a violent Whig , with whom he used to contend with great eagerness , he ...
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