The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... mentioned this , have thought it an exquisite trait of character . The truth is , that philosophy , like religion , is too generally supposed to be hard and severe , at least so grave as to exclude all gaiety . EDWARDS : " I have been ...
... mentioned this , have thought it an exquisite trait of character . The truth is , that philosophy , like religion , is too generally supposed to be hard and severe , at least so grave as to exclude all gaiety . EDWARDS : " I have been ...
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... mentioned a gentleman who had left his whole fortune to Pembroke College . JOHNSON : " Whether to leave one's whole fortune to a college be right , must depend upon circumstances . I would leave the interest of a fortune I bequeathed to ...
... mentioned a gentleman who had left his whole fortune to Pembroke College . JOHNSON : " Whether to leave one's whole fortune to a college be right , must depend upon circumstances . I would leave the interest of a fortune I bequeathed to ...
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... mentioned was Mr. Thomas Tyers , son of Mr. Jonathan Tyers , the founder of that excellent place of public amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , which must ever be an estate to its proprietor , as it is peculiarly adapted to the taste of the ...
... mentioned was Mr. Thomas Tyers , son of Mr. Jonathan Tyers , the founder of that excellent place of public amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , which must ever be an estate to its proprietor , as it is peculiarly adapted to the taste of the ...
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... mentioned . He told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where , the room being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering ...
... mentioned . He told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where , the room being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering ...
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... mention another instance which I dis- covered , of his seeking after a man of merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines ... mentioned also in Humphry Clinker . 2 Horne Tooke , who , in the previous winter , had been sentenced to a year's ...
... mention another instance which I dis- covered , of his seeking after a man of merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines ... mentioned also in Humphry Clinker . 2 Horne Tooke , who , in the previous winter , had been sentenced to a year's ...
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