The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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... learning . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be any use ; for instance , this boy rows us as well without learning , as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts , who were ...
... learning . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be any use ; for instance , this boy rows us as well without learning , as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts , who were ...
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... learning of the Scotch ; - " Their learning is like bread in a besieged town : every man gets a little , but no man gets a full meal . " " There is ( said he , ) in Scotland a diffusion of learning , a certain portion of it widely and ...
... learning of the Scotch ; - " Their learning is like bread in a besieged town : every man gets a little , but no man gets a full meal . " " There is ( said he , ) in Scotland a diffusion of learning , a certain portion of it widely and ...
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... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their ... learning with them for his life . In the foreign Universities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost ...
... learning does not flourish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their ... learning with them for his life . In the foreign Universities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost ...
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