The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... instance of that jealous independence of spirit , and impetuosity of tem- per , which never forsook him . The fact was acknowledged to me by himself , upon the autho- rity of his mother . One day when the servant who used to be sent to ...
... instance of that jealous independence of spirit , and impetuosity of tem- per , which never forsook him . The fact was acknowledged to me by himself , upon the autho- rity of his mother . One day when the servant who used to be sent to ...
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... instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature ; and that the distinguishing charac- teristics of each individual are the same through the whole course of life . His favourites used to receive very ...
... instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature ; and that the distinguishing charac- teristics of each individual are the same through the whole course of life . His favourites used to receive very ...
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... instance of his casual reading when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had hid some apples behind a large folio upon an upper shelf in his father's shop , he climbed up to search for them . There were no apples ; but the large ...
... instance of his casual reading when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had hid some apples behind a large folio upon an upper shelf in his father's shop , he climbed up to search for them . There were no apples ; but the large ...
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... instance , I had read the chapter on theft , which , from my infancy I had been taught was wrong , I was no more con- vinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accession of knowledge . A boy should be introduced to such ...
... instance , I had read the chapter on theft , which , from my infancy I had been taught was wrong , I was no more con- vinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accession of knowledge . A boy should be introduced to such ...
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... instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the opening of the book , p . 4 : - " I lived here above a year , and completed my studies in divinity ; in which time some letters were received from the fathers of Ethiopia , with an ...
... instance , taking the first sentence that occurs at the opening of the book , p . 4 : - " I lived here above a year , and completed my studies in divinity ; in which time some letters were received from the fathers of Ethiopia , with an ...
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