The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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Page 160
... governor of the Charter - house . " Let it not be said , " says he , " that in a lettered country a nephew of Grotius , from whom perhaps every man of learning has learnt something , asked a charity , and was refused * 1 160 THE LIFE OF.
... governor of the Charter - house . " Let it not be said , " says he , " that in a lettered country a nephew of Grotius , from whom perhaps every man of learning has learnt something , asked a charity , and was refused * 1 160 THE LIFE OF.
Page 481
... learning , rather in allusions to the opinions of others than in the direct use of them . Criticism , metaphysical discussion , moral theory , systems of religion , and anecdotes of literature , were his favourite topics . Biography was ...
... learning , rather in allusions to the opinions of others than in the direct use of them . Criticism , metaphysical discussion , moral theory , systems of religion , and anecdotes of literature , were his favourite topics . Biography was ...
Page 529
... learning , sanctioned by the judgment of the public may serve to justify the application of his ta- lents to an employment , apparently not above the capacity of a literary artificer of the low- est kind . " By the means of catalogues ...
... learning , sanctioned by the judgment of the public may serve to justify the application of his ta- lents to an employment , apparently not above the capacity of a literary artificer of the low- est kind . " By the means of catalogues ...
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