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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... expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can 1 Plutarch's Life ...
... expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can 1 Plutarch's Life ...
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... expect to be asked . Now , Sir , it a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . " It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention that though he might err in being too ...
... expect to be asked . Now , Sir , it a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . " It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention that though he might err in being too ...
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... expecting to find it a dull book ( as such books generally are ) , and perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable ...
... expecting to find it a dull book ( as such books generally are ) , and perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable ...
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... expect it . Your late offer3 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other designs to impart , if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of ...
... expect it . Your late offer3 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other designs to impart , if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of ...
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... expect a repetition of the same pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in a manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but having the enclosed poem in my hands to dispose of for the benefit of the author ...
... expect a repetition of the same pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in a manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but having the enclosed poem in my hands to dispose of for the benefit of the author ...
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