The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... common life . No- thing hat the iwo ends , beggary and robility . Sir , they are made up in everything of two extremes . They have no common sense , they have no common manners , no common learn- ing - gross ignorance , or les belles ...
... common life . No- thing hat the iwo ends , beggary and robility . Sir , they are made up in everything of two extremes . They have no common sense , they have no common manners , no common learn- ing - gross ignorance , or les belles ...
Page 226
... common soldier , too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat procures him a degree of respect . " The peculiar res- pect paid to the military character in France was ...
... common soldier , too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat procures him a degree of respect . " The peculiar res- pect paid to the military character in France was ...
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... common mark ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; but we must attend to the difference between what men in general cannot do if they would , and what every man may do if he would . Six- teen - string Jack ' towered above the common mark ...
... common mark ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; but we must attend to the difference between what men in general cannot do if they would , and what every man may do if he would . Six- teen - string Jack ' towered above the common mark ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 11 |
Letters to Boswell c Religious Festivals and PilgrimagesDeath of GoldsmithGreek | 40 |
CHAPTER III | 69 |
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