The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons, 1934 |
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Page 231
... consider academical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor , that a fellow can obtain any thing more than a livelihood . To be sure a man , who has enough without teaching ...
... consider academical institutions as preparatory to a settlement in the world . It is only by being employed as a tutor , that a fellow can obtain any thing more than a livelihood . To be sure a man , who has enough without teaching ...
Page 279
... consider this Round Robin as a species of literary curiosity worth preserving , as it marks , in a certain degree , Dr. Johnson's character . " My readers are presented with a faithful transcript of a paper , which I doubt not of their ...
... consider this Round Robin as a species of literary curiosity worth preserving , as it marks , in a certain degree , Dr. Johnson's character . " My readers are presented with a faithful transcript of a paper , which I doubt not of their ...
Page 337
... consider , that all those who think a King has a right to his crown , as a man has to his estate , which is the just opinion , would be for restoring the King who certainly has the hereditary right , could he be trusted with it ; in ...
... consider , that all those who think a King has a right to his crown , as a man has to his estate , which is the just opinion , would be for restoring the King who certainly has the hereditary right , could he be trusted with it ; in ...
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