The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candlestick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now , sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him ...
... answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candlestick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now , sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him ...
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... answer'd kind , His various plumage sporting in the wind : That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake the unfinished war ? How would the Trojans brand great Hector's name ! And one base action sully ...
... answer'd kind , His various plumage sporting in the wind : That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake the unfinished war ? How would the Trojans brand great Hector's name ! And one base action sully ...
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... answered I had been sliding in Christ - church meadow . And this I said with as much nonchalance as I am now talking to you . I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to my tutor . " BOSWELL . " That , sir , was great fortitude of ...
... answered I had been sliding in Christ - church meadow . And this I said with as much nonchalance as I am now talking to you . I had no notion that I was wrong or irreverent to my tutor . " BOSWELL . " That , sir , was great fortitude of ...
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... answered " No , sir . I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which ...
... answered " No , sir . I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . " Trying him by that criterion upon which ...
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... Answered Dec. 2. " But whether any thing was done in conse- quence of it , we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female charms . When at Stourbridge school , he was much enamoured ...
... Answered Dec. 2. " But whether any thing was done in conse- quence of it , we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female charms . When at Stourbridge school , he was much enamoured ...
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