Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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Page 136
... able to study to - morrow ; not that you are to ex- pect that you shall at once obtain a complete victory . Depravity is not very easily overcome . Resolution will sometimes relax , and diligence Bennet Langton , it will not be doubted ...
... able to study to - morrow ; not that you are to ex- pect that you shall at once obtain a complete victory . Depravity is not very easily overcome . Resolution will sometimes relax , and diligence Bennet Langton , it will not be doubted ...
Page 145
... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very capable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any pro- fession . " I ...
... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very capable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any pro- fession . " I ...
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... able to do when the actual want came ; in consequence of which method , he had a consider- able supply of necessary articles lying by him , be- side what was in use . " But the main particular that seems to have en- abled him to do so ...
... able to do when the actual want came ; in consequence of which method , he had a consider- able supply of necessary articles lying by him , be- side what was in use . " But the main particular that seems to have en- abled him to do so ...
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