The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... 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 man- ners , it is evident that they never could have ...
... 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 man- ners , it is evident that they never could have ...
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... Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . - Boswell . Johnson's meaning , however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead , must be the worst of all blockheads , because he is without excuse . But Bramston , iu the assumed ...
... Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . - Boswell . Johnson's meaning , however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead , must be the worst of all blockheads , because he is without excuse . But Bramston , iu the assumed ...
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... sure of his disapprobation of the doctrines of the church of Rome ; because about three weeks before we came abroad , he said to my Cornelia , You are going where the ostentatious pomp of church ceremonies attracts the imagination ; but ...
... sure of his disapprobation of the doctrines of the church of Rome ; because about three weeks before we came abroad , he said to my Cornelia , You are going where the ostentatious pomp of church ceremonies attracts the imagination ; but ...
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... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . " This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that ...
... sure she could not miss it ; and I contrived that she should soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . " This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that ...
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... sure he told me , that Mr. Cave was the first pub- lisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . His first He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . lodgings were at the house ...
... sure he told me , that Mr. Cave was the first pub- lisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . His first He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . lodgings were at the house ...
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