The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole course of the history , is exhibited by the author for the best advantage of his readers : -Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit ...
... never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole course of the history , is exhibited by the author for the best advantage of his readers : -Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit ...
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... never had per- severing diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been pre- served ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his death . As I had the ...
... never had per- severing diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been pre- served ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his death . As I had the ...
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... never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his ...
... never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his ...
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... in the early part of his life contracted debts , never had trade sufficient to enable him to pay them , and to maintain his family : he got something , but He geon , of Birmingham , if she was not ÆTAT . 1-3 . ] 11 DR . JOHNSON .
... in the early part of his life contracted debts , never had trade sufficient to enable him to pay them , and to maintain his family : he got something , but He geon , of Birmingham , if she was not ÆTAT . 1-3 . ] 11 DR . JOHNSON .
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... never forsook him . The fact was acknowledged to me by him- self , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though ...
... never forsook him . The fact was acknowledged to me by him- self , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though ...
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