“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: ...G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... learned and ingenious writer , however , was not the first who suggested this image ; for it is found also in an old book entitled " A Work worth the reading , " by Charles Gibbon , 4to . 1591. In the fifth dialogue of this work , in ...
... learned and ingenious writer , however , was not the first who suggested this image ; for it is found also in an old book entitled " A Work worth the reading , " by Charles Gibbon , 4to . 1591. In the fifth dialogue of this work , in ...
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... learned . " JOHNSON : " To be sure , Sir . The vulgar are the children of the State , and must be taught like children . " BOSWELL : " Then , Sir , a poor Turk must be a Maho- metan , just as a poor Englishman must be a Christian ...
... learned . " JOHNSON : " To be sure , Sir . The vulgar are the children of the State , and must be taught like children . " BOSWELL : " Then , Sir , a poor Turk must be a Maho- metan , just as a poor Englishman must be a Christian ...
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... learned and ingenious member of the Literary Club , for whose understanding and attainments Dr. Johnson had great respect . He died Sept. 14 , 1772. A more particular account of this gentleman may be found in a note on the " Life of ...
... learned and ingenious member of the Literary Club , for whose understanding and attainments Dr. Johnson had great respect . He died Sept. 14 , 1772. A more particular account of this gentleman may be found in a note on the " Life of ...
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... learned ; in which , from all that I have observed of Artemisias , I humbly differed from him . That a woman should be sensible and well informed , I allow to be a great advantage ; and think that Sir Thomas Overbury , in his rude ...
... learned ; in which , from all that I have observed of Artemisias , I humbly differed from him . That a woman should be sensible and well informed , I allow to be a great advantage ; and think that Sir Thomas Overbury , in his rude ...
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... learned to read in infancy by hearing his father teach one of his brothers ; when only eight years of age he constructed a wooden clock . When old enough to work he was placed out as a servant to a farmer , and while tending his ...
... learned to read in infancy by hearing his father teach one of his brothers ; when only eight years of age he constructed a wooden clock . When old enough to work he was placed out as a servant to a farmer , and while tending his ...
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