The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Priv. print. for the Navarre society limited, 1924 |
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Page vii
... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity ...
... tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity ...
Page xxiv
... tell you that a part of my magnum opus is now ready for the press , and that I shall probably begin to print next week . Hawkins is no doubt very malevolent . Observe how he talks of me as quite unknown . " " Malone , it is interesting ...
... tell you that a part of my magnum opus is now ready for the press , and that I shall probably begin to print next week . Hawkins is no doubt very malevolent . Observe how he talks of me as quite unknown . " " Malone , it is interesting ...
Page xxxi
... tell me that in the sale- rooms the book is becoming increasingly scarce , so that it is safe to assume that most of these have been absorbed by public libraries ; and of the " Corrections at the end of the third volume I doubt if fifty ...
... tell me that in the sale- rooms the book is becoming increasingly scarce , so that it is safe to assume that most of these have been absorbed by public libraries ; and of the " Corrections at the end of the third volume I doubt if fifty ...
Page 9
... tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on ...
... tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself . A child is afraid of being whipped , and gets his task , and there's an end on ...
Page 36
... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . " At this man's table I ...
... tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his friendship . " At this man's table I ...
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