Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... English- men are not rare in it . " Mr. Murray praised the ancient philosophers for the candour and good humour with which those of different sects disputed with each other . JOHNSON . " Sir , they disputed with good humour , because ...
... English- men are not rare in it . " Mr. Murray praised the ancient philosophers for the candour and good humour with which those of different sects disputed with each other . JOHNSON . " Sir , they disputed with good humour , because ...
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... English Universities are not rich enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to fit him for the world , and accordingly in general they are held no longer than till an opportunity offers of getting ...
... English Universities are not rich enough . Our fellowships are only sufficient to support a man during his studies to fit him for the world , and accordingly in general they are held no longer than till an opportunity offers of getting ...
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... read any thing else of Cheyne , but his book on Health , and his English Malady . " " C Upon the question whether a man who had been guilty of vicious actions would do well to force himself into solitude 20 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
... read any thing else of Cheyne , but his book on Health , and his English Malady . " " C Upon the question whether a man who had been guilty of vicious actions would do well to force himself into solitude 20 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
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... English language is the paper on Novelty , yet we do not hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to ...
... English language is the paper on Novelty , yet we do not hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to ...
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... Britain , made use of a term of the Scotch Law , which to an English reader may require explanation . To qualify a wrong , is to point out and establish it . of them , observed to me once , very ingeniously A.D. 1776 45 Ætat . 67.
... Britain , made use of a term of the Scotch Law , which to an English reader may require explanation . To qualify a wrong , is to point out and establish it . of them , observed to me once , very ingeniously A.D. 1776 45 Ætat . 67.
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