The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In ...
... manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In ...
Page xii
... manner , he observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he suddenly stopped ; - " My boys , " said he , " let us be grave : here comes a fool . " The world , my friend , I have found to be a great fool , as to that particular on which ...
... manner , he observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he suddenly stopped ; - " My boys , " said he , " let us be grave : here comes a fool . " The world , my friend , I have found to be a great fool , as to that particular on which ...
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... manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never had persevering diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been preserved ; but the greater ...
... manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never had persevering diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been preserved ; but the greater ...
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... manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . When he and I were travelling in the High- lands of Scotland , and I pointed out to him a mountain which I observed resembled a cone , he ...
... manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . When he and I were travelling in the High- lands of Scotland , and I pointed out to him a mountain which I observed resembled a cone , he ...
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... scolded by his father for his want of steady appli- cation . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner , without any scheme HIS READING ...
... scolded by his father for his want of steady appli- cation . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner , without any scheme HIS READING ...
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