The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... give credit to a clergyman . ' 999 " He used to quote , with great warmth , the saying of Aristotle recorded by Diogenes Laertius ; that there was the same difference between one learned and unlearned , as between the living and the ...
... give credit to a clergyman . ' 999 " He used to quote , with great warmth , the saying of Aristotle recorded by Diogenes Laertius ; that there was the same difference between one learned and unlearned , as between the living and the ...
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... give . " " “ An eminent foreigner , when he was shown the British museum , was very troublesome with many absurd enqui- ries . ' Now there , sir , ' said he , ' is the difference between an Englishman and a Frenchman . A Frenchman must ...
... give . " " “ An eminent foreigner , when he was shown the British museum , was very troublesome with many absurd enqui- ries . ' Now there , sir , ' said he , ' is the difference between an Englishman and a Frenchman . A Frenchman must ...
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... gives , who imputes absurdities that did not happen , or when a man was a little ridiculous , describes him as ... give it up again in parts . For instance , if he had said Reynolds was the first of painters , he was capable enough ...
... gives , who imputes absurdities that did not happen , or when a man was a little ridiculous , describes him as ... give it up again in parts . For instance , if he had said Reynolds was the first of painters , he was capable enough ...
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... give no information of any thing . That he was a member of a philosophical society is something ; but surely he could be but a corresponding member . However , not having his life here , I know not how to put it in , and it is of little ...
... give no information of any thing . That he was a member of a philosophical society is something ; but surely he could be but a corresponding member . However , not having his life here , I know not how to put it in , and it is of little ...
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... gives the highest testimony . Various readings in the Life of Milton . " I cannot find any meaning but this which [ his most bigotted advocates ] even kindness and reverence can give . [ Perhaps no ] scarcely any man ever wrote so much ...
... gives the highest testimony . Various readings in the Life of Milton . " I cannot find any meaning but this which [ his most bigotted advocates ] even kindness and reverence can give . [ Perhaps no ] scarcely any man ever wrote so much ...
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