The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Johnson had all his life too great a share . Mr. Hector relates , that he could not oblige him more than by sauntering away the hours of vacation in the fields , during which he was more engaged in talking to himself than to his ...
... Johnson had all his life too great a share . Mr. Hector relates , that he could not oblige him more than by sauntering away the hours of vacation in the fields , during which he was more engaged in talking to himself than to his ...
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... Johnson's circumstances should think of sending his son to the expensive university of Oxford at his own charge , seems very improbable . The subject was too delicate to question Johnson upon ; but I have been assured by Dr. Taylor ...
... Johnson's circumstances should think of sending his son to the expensive university of Oxford at his own charge , seems very improbable . The subject was too delicate to question Johnson upon ; but I have been assured by Dr. Taylor ...
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... Johnson adventur'd boldly to transfuse His vigorous sense into the Latin muse ; Aspir'd to shine by unreflected light , And with a Roman's ardour think and write . He felt the tuneful Nine his breast inspire , And , like a master , wak ...
... Johnson adventur'd boldly to transfuse His vigorous sense into the Latin muse ; Aspir'd to shine by unreflected light , And with a Roman's ardour think and write . He felt the tuneful Nine his breast inspire , And , like a master , wak ...
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... Johnson being first disposed , by an unexpected incident , to think with anxiety of the momentous concerns of eternity , and of " what he should do to be saved , " may for ever be pro- duced in opposition to the superficial and ...
... Johnson being first disposed , by an unexpected incident , to think with anxiety of the momentous concerns of eternity , and of " what he should do to be saved , " may for ever be pro- duced in opposition to the superficial and ...
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... Johnson confirmed it . Bramston , in his Man of Taste , has the same thought : Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . - BOSWELL . Johnson's meaning , however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead , must be the worst of ...
... Johnson confirmed it . Bramston , in his Man of Taste , has the same thought : Sure , of all blockheads , scholars are the worst . - BOSWELL . Johnson's meaning , however , is , that a scholar who is a blockhead , must be the worst of ...
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