The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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... suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange im- putation . But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly in- formed ...
... suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange im- putation . But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly in- formed ...
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... suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , intitled De veritate Religionis , & c . , he began to think himself highly culpable for neglecting such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding ...
... suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , intitled De veritate Religionis , & c . , he began to think himself highly culpable for neglecting such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding ...
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... suppose verses to be read ) what would be , in each case , the total amount in a week , month , and year . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was ...
... suppose verses to be read ) what would be , in each case , the total amount in a week , month , and year . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was ...
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... make , will not be thought improper ; which , however , it is not my business as a dedicator to commend , nor as a bookseller to depreciate . " [ 1734. ] It is reasonable to suppose , that 46 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... make , will not be thought improper ; which , however , it is not my business as a dedicator to commend , nor as a bookseller to depreciate . " [ 1734. ] It is reasonable to suppose , that 46 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... suppose , that his having been thus . accidentally led to a particular study of the history and manners of Abyssinia , was the remote occasion of his writing , many years afterwards , his admirable philosophical tale , the principal ...
... suppose , that his having been thus . accidentally led to a particular study of the history and manners of Abyssinia , was the remote occasion of his writing , many years afterwards , his admirable philosophical tale , the principal ...
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