The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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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 ...
Page 149
... 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 and vigorous eloquence , to be tarnished by a charge of illiberality . He has been accused of invidiously dragging again into light certain writings of a person [ Bishop Hurd ] respectable by his talents , his learning , his ...
... learning and vigorous eloquence , to be tarnished by a charge of illiberality . He has been accused of invidiously dragging again into light certain writings of a person [ Bishop Hurd ] respectable by his talents , his learning , his ...
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