The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to ... never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but ...
... never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to ... never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but ...
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... Never Before Published: the Whole Exhi James Boswell. thought particularly excellent , by folding down a corner of the page ; and such as he rated in a supereminent degree are marked by double folds . I am sorry that some of the volumes ...
... Never Before Published: the Whole Exhi James Boswell. thought particularly excellent , by folding down a corner of the page ; and such as he rated in a supereminent degree are marked by double folds . I am sorry that some of the volumes ...
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... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity ; his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but ...
... never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied amplitude , nor affected brevity ; his periods , though not diligently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but ...
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