The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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... Learning to Talk " -Veracity - Death of Mr. Thrale - Queen's Arms Club - Construc tive Treason - Castes of Men - Passion Week - Addison - Blackstone - Steele - Educating by Lectures - The Resurrection - Apparitions , 187 CONTENTS OF VOL ...
... Learning to Talk " -Veracity - Death of Mr. Thrale - Queen's Arms Club - Construc tive Treason - Castes of Men - Passion Week - Addison - Blackstone - Steele - Educating by Lectures - The Resurrection - Apparitions , 187 CONTENTS OF VOL ...
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... learning , various knowledge , and discernment of character . This much may I be allowed to say of a man who was exceedingly obliging to me , and who lived with Dr. Johnson in as easy a manner as almost any of his very numerous ...
... learning , various knowledge , and discernment of character . This much may I be allowed to say of a man who was exceedingly obliging to me , and who lived with Dr. Johnson in as easy a manner as almost any of his very numerous ...
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... learning in their language than in any other , from the immense number of their characters . " JOHNSON . " It is only more difficult from its rudeness ; as there is more labour in hewing down a tree with a stone than with an axe ...
... learning in their language than in any other , from the immense number of their characters . " JOHNSON . " It is only more difficult from its rudeness ; as there is more labour in hewing down a tree with a stone than with an axe ...
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... learning to be better satis- fied with my own country . Time may be employed to more advan- tage from nineteen to twenty - four , almost in any way than in travel- ling . When you set travelling against mere negation , against doing ...
... learning to be better satis- fied with my own country . Time may be employed to more advan- tage from nineteen to twenty - four , almost in any way than in travel- ling . When you set travelling against mere negation , against doing ...
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... learning and virtue as you love them . " I have been flattering myself all the summer with the hope of paying my annual visit to my friends ; but something has obstructed me ; I still hope not to be long without seeing you . I should be ...
... learning and virtue as you love them . " I have been flattering myself all the summer with the hope of paying my annual visit to my friends ; but something has obstructed me ; I still hope not to be long without seeing you . I should be ...
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