The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from ...
... College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from ...
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... College , told me , I was the best quali- fied for the University that he had ever known come there . " In estimating the progress of his mind during these two years , as well as in future periods of his life , we must not regard his ...
... College , told me , I was the best quali- fied for the University that he had ever known come there . " In estimating the progress of his mind during these two years , as well as in future periods of his life , we must not regard his ...
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... College , on the 31st of October , 1728 , being then in his nineteenth year . The Reverend Dr. Adams , who afterward presided over Pembroke College with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed ...
... College , on the 31st of October , 1728 , being then in his nineteenth year . The Reverend Dr. Adams , who afterward presided over Pembroke College with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what passed ...
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... college , I waited upon him , and then stayed away four . On the sixth , Mr. Jorden asked me why I had not attended . I answered , I had been sliding in Christ Church meadow : and this I said with as much nonchalance as I am now talking ...
... college , I waited upon him , and then stayed away four . On the sixth , Mr. Jorden asked me why I had not attended . I answered , I had been sliding in Christ Church meadow : and this I said with as much nonchalance as I am now talking ...
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... College , and , indeed , of all the University . It is said , that Mr. Pope expressed himself concerning it in terms of strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of ...
... College , and , indeed , of all the University . It is said , that Mr. Pope expressed himself concerning it in terms of strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of ...
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