The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 35
... attention ; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read . " He told us , he read Fielding's Amelia through without stopping " . He said , " If a man begins to read in the middle of a book , and feels an inclination to go on ...
... attention ; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read . " He told us , he read Fielding's Amelia through without stopping " . He said , " If a man begins to read in the middle of a book , and feels an inclination to go on ...
Page 40
... attention whatever to any objections , but insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of the church of St. Mary Redcliff , and " view with our own eyes " the ancient chest in which the manuscripts ...
... attention whatever to any objections , but insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of the church of St. Mary Redcliff , and " view with our own eyes " the ancient chest in which the manuscripts ...
Page 43
... attention will necessarily be paid to superiour fortune or rank . Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may have a double ...
... attention will necessarily be paid to superiour fortune or rank . Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may have a double ...
Page 46
... attention to another law case in which I was engaged . In the course of a contested election for the borough of Dum- fermline , which I attended as one of my friend colonel ( afterward sir Archibald ) Campbell's counsel ; one of his ...
... attention to another law case in which I was engaged . In the course of a contested election for the borough of Dum- fermline , which I attended as one of my friend colonel ( afterward sir Archibald ) Campbell's counsel ; one of his ...
Page 56
... attention , as frequently imposed some restraint upon him ; and I knew that if she should be ob- stinate , he would not stir . I hastened down stairs to the blind lady's room , and told her I was in great uneasiness , for Dr. Johnson ...
... attention , as frequently imposed some restraint upon him ; and I knew that if she should be ob- stinate , he would not stir . I hastened down stairs to the blind lady's room , and told her I was in great uneasiness , for Dr. Johnson ...
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