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 ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... desires to make use of your skill and elo- quence , and she seems to think that she shall have something more of both for a recommendation from me ; which , though I know how little you want any external incitement to your duty , I ...
... desires to make use of your skill and elo- quence , and she seems to think that she shall have something more of both for a recommendation from me ; which , though I know how little you want any external incitement to your duty , I ...
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... desires , being advocate for the corporation , to 1 [ His Lordship , notwithstanding his resolution , did commit his sentiments to paper , and in one of his notes affixed to his Collection of Old Scottish Poetry , he says , that " to ...
... desires , being advocate for the corporation , to 1 [ His Lordship , notwithstanding his resolution , did commit his sentiments to paper , and in one of his notes affixed to his Collection of Old Scottish Poetry , he says , that " to ...
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... desire of those who were then in power , I have no doubt ; and , indeed , he owned to me , that it had been revised and curtailed by some of them . He told me , that they had struck out one passage , which was to this effect : " That ...
... desire of those who were then in power , I have no doubt ; and , indeed , he owned to me , that it had been revised and curtailed by some of them . He told me , that they had struck out one passage , which was to this effect : " That ...
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... desire to look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for contest , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves ...
... desire to look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for contest , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves ...
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... desire to give him an English education , it should be considered whether they cannot send him for a year or two to an English school . If he comes immediately from Scot- land , he can make no figure in our Universities . The schools in ...
... desire to give him an English education , it should be considered whether they cannot send him for a year or two to an English school . If he comes immediately from Scot- land , he can make no figure in our Universities . The schools in ...
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