The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... thought to adorn , but to disgrace it . When I have said , that he was more a man of genius than of learning , I mean not to take from the one part of his character that which I willingly give to the other . The erudition of Mr. Johnson ...
... thought to adorn , but to disgrace it . When I have said , that he was more a man of genius than of learning , I mean not to take from the one part of his character that which I willingly give to the other . The erudition of Mr. Johnson ...
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... thought fit to retire behind the Telamonian shield , and show as little of myself as possible ; well aware of the exceeding difference there is , between fencing in the school and fighting in the field.— Studious however to avoid ...
... thought fit to retire behind the Telamonian shield , and show as little of myself as possible ; well aware of the exceeding difference there is , between fencing in the school and fighting in the field.— Studious however to avoid ...
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... thought very well of M - n for a Cambridge man ; he is , I believe , a mighty blameless character . " Such tricks were , however , the more unpardonable in Mr. Johnson , because no one could harangue like him about the difficulty always ...
... thought very well of M - n for a Cambridge man ; he is , I believe , a mighty blameless character . " Such tricks were , however , the more unpardonable in Mr. Johnson , because no one could harangue like him about the difficulty always ...
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... thought a thing so very particular , that I begged his leave to write it down directly , before anything could intervene that might make me forget the force of the expressions , 1 a trick , which I have however seen played on common ...
... thought a thing so very particular , that I begged his leave to write it down directly , before anything could intervene that might make me forget the force of the expressions , 1 a trick , which I have however seen played on common ...
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... thought Dr. Johnson more free than prudent in professing so loudly his little skill in the Greek language : for though he considered it as a proof of a narrow mind to be too careful of literary reputation , yet no man could be more ...
... thought Dr. Johnson more free than prudent in professing so loudly his little skill in the Greek language : for though he considered it as a proof of a narrow mind to be too careful of literary reputation , yet no man could be more ...
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