The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imput- But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that ...
... suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imput- But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that ...
Page 36
... suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , entitled De Veritate Religionis , & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglect- ing such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding ...
... suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , entitled De Veritate Religionis , & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglect- ing such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding ...
Page 39
... suppose verses to be read ) , what would be , in each case , the total amount in a week , month , and year . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was ...
... suppose verses to be read ) , what would be , in each case , the total amount in a week , month , and year . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke College was ...
Page 51
... suppose , that his having been thus accidentally led to a particular study of the history and manners of Abyssinia , was the remote occasion of his writing , many years afterward , his admirable philo- sophical tale , the principal ...
... suppose , that his having been thus accidentally led to a particular study of the history and manners of Abyssinia , was the remote occasion of his writing , many years afterward , his admirable philo- sophical tale , the principal ...
Page 57
... suppose in very good humour . But though Mr. Topham Beauclerk used archly to mention Johnson's having told him , with much gravity , Sir , it was a love marriage on both sides , " I have had from my illustrious friend the following ...
... suppose in very good humour . But though Mr. Topham Beauclerk used archly to mention Johnson's having told him , with much gravity , Sir , it was a love marriage on both sides , " I have had from my illustrious friend the following ...
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