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... common for those who have been bred to scholastick professions , and passed much of their time in academies where nothing but learning confers honours , to disregard every other qualification , and to imagine that they shall find ...
... common for those who have been bred to scholastick professions , and passed much of their time in academies where nothing but learning confers honours , to disregard every other qualification , and to imagine that they shall find ...
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... common notion , that a woman would not be the worse wife for being learned . " 2 ( Boswell , following the " common notion , " differed on this point . ) But a wife might be too learned for a husband's comfort : " supposing ( said he ) ...
... common notion , that a woman would not be the worse wife for being learned . " 2 ( Boswell , following the " common notion , " differed on this point . ) But a wife might be too learned for a husband's comfort : " supposing ( said he ) ...
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... common vessels of common clay . The fate of prints and coins is equally inexplicable . Some prints are treasured up as inestimably valuable , because the impression was made before the plate was finished . Of coins the price rises not ...
... common vessels of common clay . The fate of prints and coins is equally inexplicable . Some prints are treasured up as inestimably valuable , because the impression was made before the plate was finished . Of coins the price rises not ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
Copyright | |
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