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I trusted that I should be liberally understood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose , that the ...
I trusted that I should be liberally understood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose , that the ...
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Johnson , upon all occasions , expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod . " I would rather , " said he , " have the rod to be the general terrour to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do ...
Johnson , upon all occasions , expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod . " I would rather , " said he , " have the rod to be the general terrour to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do ...
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Oh ! how my soul abhors so mean a thought . Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed ...
Oh ! how my soul abhors so mean a thought . Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed ...
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On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor 30 [ 1728 . THE LIFE OF.
On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor 30 [ 1728 . THE LIFE OF.
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... proofs that it was totally fallacious ; though it is by no means surprising that those who wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation .
... proofs that it was totally fallacious ; though it is by no means surprising that those who wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation .
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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