Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... Nature , " in which that celebrated mathematician is represented as being subject to fits of yawning so violent as to render him incapable of proceeding in his lecture ; a story altogether unfounded , but for the publication of which ...
... Nature , " in which that celebrated mathematician is represented as being subject to fits of yawning so violent as to render him incapable of proceeding in his lecture ; a story altogether unfounded , but for the publication of which ...
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... nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people . Had they grown out of the ground , you might have judged of a state of pure nature . Fanciful people may talk of a mythology being amongst them ; but it must be invention ...
... nature ; for it is plain they broke off from some other people . Had they grown out of the ground , you might have judged of a state of pure nature . Fanciful people may talk of a mythology being amongst them ; but it must be invention ...
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... nature . Power , in whatever hands it is placed , will be sometimes improperly exerted ; yet courts of law must judge , though they will sometimes judge amiss . A father must instruct his children , though he himself may often want ...
... nature . Power , in whatever hands it is placed , will be sometimes improperly exerted ; yet courts of law must judge , though they will sometimes judge amiss . A father must instruct his children , though he himself may often want ...
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... nature , without taking any leave . It is well if he finds in any other place as good an habitation , and as many conveniences . He has got five - and - twenty guineas by trans- lating Sir Joshua's Discourses into Italian , and Mr ...
... nature , without taking any leave . It is well if he finds in any other place as good an habitation , and as many conveniences . He has got five - and - twenty guineas by trans- lating Sir Joshua's Discourses into Italian , and Mr ...
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... nature or by bad habit . I waited till I should have an opportunity of paying you my compliments on a new year . I have procrastinated till the year is no longer new . * * * * * * " Dr. Memis's cause was determined against him , with ...
... nature or by bad habit . I waited till I should have an opportunity of paying you my compliments on a new year . I have procrastinated till the year is no longer new . * * * * * * " Dr. Memis's cause was determined against him , with ...
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