The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... learned men abroad are in the univer- sities . It is not so with us . Our universities are impo- verished of learning by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Ox- ford , to keep first ...
... learned men abroad are in the univer- sities . It is not so with us . Our universities are impo- verished of learning by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Ox- ford , to keep first ...
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... learned ; but our own convictions constrain us to subscribe to the description of Junius , as far at least as the intellect is con- cerned . - ED . m I have in vain endeavoured to find out what parts Johnson wrote for Dr. James ...
... learned ; but our own convictions constrain us to subscribe to the description of Junius , as far at least as the intellect is con- cerned . - ED . m I have in vain endeavoured to find out what parts Johnson wrote for Dr. James ...
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... learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and there- fore would sometimes in conversation maintain opinions which he was sensible were wrong , but in supporting which ...
... learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and there- fore would sometimes in conversation maintain opinions which he was sensible were wrong , but in supporting which ...
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... learned note on this passage of Aristotle , by Mr. Twining , in his admirable translation of the Poeticks , in which the various explanations of other criticks are considered , and in which Dr. Moor's Essay is particularly discussed ...
... learned note on this passage of Aristotle , by Mr. Twining , in his admirable translation of the Poeticks , in which the various explanations of other criticks are considered , and in which Dr. Moor's Essay is particularly discussed ...
Page 63
... learned Baxter , in his edition of Horace , " Difficile est proprie communia dicere , h . e . res vulgares disertis verbis enarrare , vel humile thema cum dignitate tractare . Difficile est communes res propriis explicare verbis . Vet ...
... learned Baxter , in his edition of Horace , " Difficile est proprie communia dicere , h . e . res vulgares disertis verbis enarrare , vel humile thema cum dignitate tractare . Difficile est communes res propriis explicare verbis . Vet ...
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