The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... knowing a thing , as for neglecting to know it . He would ask a boy a question , and if he did not answer it , he t Anecdotes , p . 10 . VOL . I. would beat him , without considering whether he had an ÆTAT . 3-19 . ] 17 DR . JOHNSON .
... knowing a thing , as for neglecting to know it . He would ask a boy a question , and if he did not answer it , he t Anecdotes , p . 10 . VOL . I. would beat him , without considering whether he had an ÆTAT . 3-19 . ] 17 DR . JOHNSON .
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James Boswell. would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to 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 ...
James Boswell. would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to 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 ...
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... at times ; but the mind itself was ever entire . As a proof of this , it is only necessary to consider , that when he was at the very worst , he composed that state of his own case , which showed an 34 [ 1729 . THE LIFE OF.
... at times ; but the mind itself was ever entire . As a proof of this , it is only necessary to consider , that when he was at the very worst , he composed that state of his own case , which showed an 34 [ 1729 . THE LIFE OF.
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... consider him : His appeal to all that doubt , etc. I think the most clear of all his later writings ; and in recommend- ing it to you , I shall say no more or less than what you will see he says in his Advertisement to the Reader . " In ...
... consider him : His appeal to all that doubt , etc. I think the most clear of all his later writings ; and in recommend- ing it to you , I shall say no more or less than what you will see he says in his Advertisement to the Reader . " In ...
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... considering his ascetic disposition at times , as acknowledged by him- self in his Meditations , and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not wonder to hear it ascribed to a ...
... considering his ascetic disposition at times , as acknowledged by him- self in his Meditations , and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not wonder to hear it ascribed to a ...
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