The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Bickers and Son, 1874 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... , from whom he had hopes ; for on other occasions , when that statesman was present , he sup- presses his name , and that of the place of meeting . The mention of the wolf had led Johnson to think 10 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... , from whom he had hopes ; for on other occasions , when that statesman was present , he sup- presses his name , and that of the place of meeting . The mention of the wolf had led Johnson to think 10 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... occasion to controvert Horace's maxim , 66 mediocribus esse poetis Non Di , non homines , non concessere columnæ . " for here ( I observed , ) was a very middle - rate poet , who pleased The General seemed unwilling to enter upon it at ...
... occasion to controvert Horace's maxim , 66 mediocribus esse poetis Non Di , non homines , non concessere columnæ . " for here ( I observed , ) was a very middle - rate poet , who pleased The General seemed unwilling to enter upon it at ...
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... occasion for people to go on errands for him ; but he should not have had Scotchmen ; and , certainly , he should not have suffered them to have access to him before the first people in England . " I told him , that the admission of one ...
... occasion for people to go on errands for him ; but he should not have had Scotchmen ; and , certainly , he should not have suffered them to have access to him before the first people in England . " I told him , that the admission of one ...
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... occasions , is truly edifying . No saint , however , in the course of his religious warfare , was more sensible of the unhappy failure of pious resolves , than Johnson . He said one day , talking to an acquaintance on the sub- ject ...
... occasions , is truly edifying . No saint , however , in the course of his religious warfare , was more sensible of the unhappy failure of pious resolves , than Johnson . He said one day , talking to an acquaintance on the sub- ject ...
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... occasion to enlarge on the advantages of reading , and combated the idle superficial notion , that knowledge enough may be acquired in conversation . " The foundation ( said he , ) must be laid by reading . General principles must be ...
... occasion to enlarge on the advantages of reading , and combated the idle superficial notion , that knowledge enough may be acquired in conversation . " The foundation ( said he , ) must be laid by reading . General principles must be ...
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