Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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... talked of marrying women of fortune ; and I mentioned a common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a ...
... talked of marrying women of fortune ; and I mentioned a common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a ...
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... talked of education at great schools ; the advantages and dis- advantages of which Johnson displayed in a luminous manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one ...
... talked of education at great schools ; the advantages and dis- advantages of which Johnson displayed in a luminous manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one ...
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... talked of the Roman Catholic religion . JOHNSON : " In the bar- barous ages , Sir , priests and people were equally deceived ; but after- wards there were gross corruptions introduced by the clergy , such as indulgences to priests to ...
... talked of the Roman Catholic religion . JOHNSON : " In the bar- barous ages , Sir , priests and people were equally deceived ; but after- wards there were gross corruptions introduced by the clergy , such as indulgences to priests to ...
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... talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale observed , that Pope had partly borrowed from him " The Dying Christian to his Soul . " Johnson repeated Rochester's verses upon Flatman , which I think by much too severe : - " Nor that slow ...
... talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale observed , that Pope had partly borrowed from him " The Dying Christian to his Soul . " Johnson repeated Rochester's verses upon Flatman , which I think by much too severe : - " Nor that slow ...
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... into the fire in that impetuous combustion of papers which Johnson , I think , rashly executed when moribundus . - BOSWELL . He talked of Lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an author. c 2 AGE 67 ] 19 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... into the fire in that impetuous combustion of papers which Johnson , I think , rashly executed when moribundus . - BOSWELL . He talked of Lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an author. c 2 AGE 67 ] 19 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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