The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encourage- ment for me to persevere in my purpose of pro- ducing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this work will , in some pas- sages , be different from the former ...
... manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encourage- ment for me to persevere in my purpose of pro- ducing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this work will , in some pas- sages , be different from the former ...
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... manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never had persevering ... manners , it is evident that they never could have lived together with companionable ease and familiarity ; nor had ...
... manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never had persevering ... manners , it is evident that they never could have lived together with companionable ease and familiarity ; nor had ...
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... manner , without any scheme of study ; as chance threw books in his way , and inclination directed him through them . He used to mention one curious instance of his casual reading when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had ...
... manner , without any scheme of study ; as chance threw books in his way , and inclination directed him through them . He used to mention one curious instance of his casual reading when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had ...
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... manner , that he obtained great applause from it , which ever after kept him high in the estimation of his college , and , indeed , of all the University . it by dire experience will not envy his exalted endowments . That it was , in ...
... manner , that he obtained great applause from it , which ever after kept him high in the estimation of his college , and , indeed , of all the University . it by dire experience will not envy his exalted endowments . That it was , in ...
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... manner will be sensible that there is nothing of it here ; but that this sentence might have been composed by any other man . But , in the Preface , the Johnsonian style be- gins to appear ; and though use had not yet taught his wing a ...
... manner will be sensible that there is nothing of it here ; but that this sentence might have been composed by any other man . But , in the Preface , the Johnsonian style be- gins to appear ; and though use had not yet taught his wing a ...
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