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... opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures . Now I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken . I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures , except where ...
... opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures . Now I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken . I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures , except where ...
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... opinion , if he thinks himself one of the best of men ; for none of his friends think him so . " - He said , " No honest man could be a deist ; for no man could be so after a fair examination of the proofs of christianity . " I named ...
... opinion , if he thinks himself one of the best of men ; for none of his friends think him so . " - He said , " No honest man could be a deist ; for no man could be so after a fair examination of the proofs of christianity . " I named ...
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... opinion which many worthy men have expressed of his Profession de Foi du Vicaire Savoyard , I cannot help admiring it , as the performance of a man full of sincere reverential sub- mission to divine mystery , though beset with ...
... opinion which many worthy men have expressed of his Profession de Foi du Vicaire Savoyard , I cannot help admiring it , as the performance of a man full of sincere reverential sub- mission to divine mystery , though beset with ...
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... opinions , at least his desires , are a little influenced by his favourite studies . My zeal for lan- guages may seem , perhaps , rather over - heated , even to those by whom I desire to be well esteemed . To those who have nothing in ...
... opinions , at least his desires , are a little influenced by his favourite studies . My zeal for lan- guages may seem , perhaps , rather over - heated , even to those by whom I desire to be well esteemed . To those who have nothing in ...
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... opinion , show such modesty and candour as deserve great praise . " I hope the worthy translator goes diligently forward . He has a higher reward in prospect than any honours which this world can bestow . I wish I could be useful to him ...
... opinion , show such modesty and candour as deserve great praise . " I hope the worthy translator goes diligently forward . He has a higher reward in prospect than any honours which this world can bestow . I wish I could be useful to him ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 2 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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