Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... thing abstra and religion , must be darkly guessed . D same opinion . He upon another occasion , mentioned to him ... things . " He had been in company with Omai , a native of one of the South Sea Islands , after he had been some time in ...
... thing abstra and religion , must be darkly guessed . D same opinion . He upon another occasion , mentioned to him ... things . " He had been in company with Omai , a native of one of the South Sea Islands , after he had been some time in ...
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... thing more than a livelihood . To be sure a man , who has enough without teaching , will probably not teach ; for we would all be idle if we could . In the same manner , a man who is to get nothing by teaching , will not exert himself ...
... thing more than a livelihood . To be sure a man , who has enough without teaching , will probably not teach ; for we would all be idle if we could . In the same manner , a man who is to get nothing by teaching , will not exert himself ...
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... things ; but there is no end of objections . There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made . " He added , " I would not have you read any thing else of Cheyne , but his book on Health , and his English Malady ...
... things ; but there is no end of objections . There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made . " He added , " I would not have you read any thing else of Cheyne , but his book on Health , and his English Malady ...
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... thing to vanity ; his virtues , and his vices too were from that motive . He was not a social man . He never exchanged mind with you . " We spent the evening at Mr. Hoole's . Mr. Mickle , the excellent translator of " The Lusiad , " was ...
... thing to vanity ; his virtues , and his vices too were from that motive . He was not a social man . He never exchanged mind with you . " We spent the evening at Mr. Hoole's . Mr. Mickle , the excellent translator of " The Lusiad , " was ...
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... thing ; only he said it in a softer manner than Goldsmith did ; for he acknowledged that there was no poetry , nothing that towered above the common mark . You may find wit and humour in verse , and yet no poetry . ' Hudibras ' has a ...
... thing ; only he said it in a softer manner than Goldsmith did ; for he acknowledged that there was no poetry , nothing that towered above the common mark . You may find wit and humour in verse , and yet no poetry . ' Hudibras ' has a ...
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