The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... answered , be- cause it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with beholding him ...
... answered , be- cause it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with beholding him ...
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... as for neglecting to know it . He would ask a boy a question , and if he did not answer it , hẹ t Anecdotes , p . 10 . VOL . I. C would beat him , without considering whether he had an ETAT . 3-19 . ] 17 DR . JOHNSON .
... as for neglecting to know it . He would ask a boy a question , and if he did not answer it , hẹ t Anecdotes , p . 10 . VOL . I. C would beat him , without considering whether he had an ETAT . 3-19 . ] 17 DR . JOHNSON .
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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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