The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature ; and that the distinguish- ing characteristicks of each individual are the same , through the whole course of life . His favourites used to receive very ...
... instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature ; and that the distinguish- ing characteristicks of each individual are the same , through the whole course of life . His favourites used to receive very ...
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... instance of his casual reading , when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had hid some apples be- hind a large folio upon an upper shelf in his father's shop , he climbed up to search for them . There were no apples ; but the ...
... instance of his casual reading , when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had hid some apples be- hind a large folio upon an upper shelf in his father's shop , he climbed up to search for them . There were no apples ; but the ...
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... instance , I had read the chapter on theft , which from my infancy I had been taught was wrong , I was no more con- vinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accession of knowledge . A boy should be introduced to such ...
... instance , I had read the chapter on theft , which from my infancy I had been taught was wrong , I was no more con- vinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accession of knowledge . A boy should be introduced to such ...
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... instance of a mind such as that of Johnson being first disposed , by an unexpected incident , to think with anxiety of the momentous concerns of eternity , and of " what he should do to be saved , " may for ever be pro- duced in ...
... instance of a mind such as that of Johnson being first disposed , by an unexpected incident , to think with anxiety of the momentous concerns of eternity , and of " what he should do to be saved , " may for ever be pro- duced in ...
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... instance of that rigid honesty which he ever inflexibly preserved . Taylor had obtained his father's consent to be entered of Pembroke , that he might be with his schoolfellow Johnson , with whom , though some years older than himself ...
... instance of that rigid honesty which he ever inflexibly preserved . Taylor had obtained his father's consent to be entered of Pembroke , that he might be with his schoolfellow Johnson , with whom , though some years older than himself ...
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