Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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... known to have been written by Mr. Murphy , who has acknowledged it to me and many others . It is worthy of remark , in justice to Johnson's political character , which has been misrepre- sented as abjectly submissive to power , that his ...
... known to have been written by Mr. Murphy , who has acknowledged it to me and many others . It is worthy of remark , in justice to Johnson's political character , which has been misrepre- sented as abjectly submissive to power , that his ...
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... known several good scholars among the Irish gentlemen ; but scarcely any of them correct in quantity . He extended the same observation to Scotland . " Speaking of a certain Prelate , who exerted himself very laudably in building ...
... known several good scholars among the Irish gentlemen ; but scarcely any of them correct in quantity . He extended the same observation to Scotland . " Speaking of a certain Prelate , who exerted himself very laudably in building ...
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... known to other persons , or even brought to his own recollection . " " A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage . People may be amused and laugh at the time , but they will be remembered , and ...
... known to other persons , or even brought to his own recollection . " " A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage . People may be amused and laugh at the time , but they will be remembered , and ...
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