The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... learning , when I have been in your company . No man loves to be treated with contempt . " BEAUCLERK ( with a polite inclination towards Johnson ) . " Sir , you have known me twenty years , and however I may have treated others , you ...
... learning , when I have been in your company . No man loves to be treated with contempt . " BEAUCLERK ( with a polite inclination towards Johnson ) . " Sir , you have known me twenty years , and however I may have treated others , you ...
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... learning was thus marked upon two occasions . Of Queen Elizabeth he said ' She had learning enough to have given dignity to a bishop ; ' and of Mr. Thomas Davies he said , ' Sir , Davies has learning enough to give credit to a clergyman ...
... learning was thus marked upon two occasions . Of Queen Elizabeth he said ' She had learning enough to have given dignity to a bishop ; ' and of Mr. Thomas Davies he said , ' Sir , Davies has learning enough to give credit to a clergyman ...
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... LEARNING . 303 Lord Hailes had sent him a present of a curious little printed poem , on repairing the university of Aberdeen , by David Mallock , which he thought would please Johnson , as affording clear evider.ce that Mallet had ...
... LEARNING . 303 Lord Hailes had sent him a present of a curious little printed poem , on repairing the university of Aberdeen , by David Mallock , which he thought would please Johnson , as affording clear evider.ce that Mallet had ...
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