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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of religion , morality , loyalty and subordination , while it delights and improves the wise and the good , will , I trust , prove an effectual antidote to that detestable ...
... excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of religion , morality , loyalty and subordination , while it delights and improves the wise and the good , will , I trust , prove an effectual antidote to that detestable ...
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... excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of the time that Johnson was ...
... excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of the time that Johnson was ...
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... excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion.1 Yet he appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my posses- sion , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study ...
... excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion.1 Yet he appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my posses- sion , to have at various times attempted , or at least planned , a methodical course of study ...
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... excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his poverty being so extreme , that his shoes were worn out , and his feet appeared through them , he saw that this humiliating circumstance was ...
... excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his poverty being so extreme , that his shoes were worn out , and his feet appeared through them , he saw that this humiliating circumstance was ...
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... excellent and valu- able qualifications ; and , had I a son of my own , it would be my ambition , instead of sending him to the University , to dispose of him as this young gentleman is . " He , and another neighbour of mine , one Mr ...
... excellent and valu- able qualifications ; and , had I a son of my own , it would be my ambition , instead of sending him to the University , to dispose of him as this young gentleman is . " He , and another neighbour of mine , one Mr ...
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