The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... learned languages : though I was somewhat mortified that I had it not so much to myself as I should have thought . " " Talking of the minuteness with which people will In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in Jan. 1742-3 , he says ...
... learned languages : though I was somewhat mortified that I had it not so much to myself as I should have thought . " " Talking of the minuteness with which people will In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in Jan. 1742-3 , he says ...
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... learned and unlearned , as between the living and the dead . " " It is very remarkable , that he retained in his memory very slight and trivial , as well as important things . As an instance of this , it seems that an inferiour ...
... learned and unlearned , as between the living and the dead . " " It is very remarkable , that he retained in his memory very slight and trivial , as well as important things . As an instance of this , it seems that an inferiour ...
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... learned gentleman ; and , after he was gone , said to Mr. Langton , Sir , I am obliged to you for having asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man ' . I do not know when I have had an occasion of such free contro- versy . It is ...
... learned gentleman ; and , after he was gone , said to Mr. Langton , Sir , I am obliged to you for having asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man ' . I do not know when I have had an occasion of such free contro- versy . It is ...
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... learned society , under whose sanction such gabble is ushered into the world , would do well to offer a premium to any one who will discover its meaning.— BOSWELL . sir , ' said Johnson , I am likewise awkward ÆTAT . 71. ] 21 DR . JOHNSON .
... learned society , under whose sanction such gabble is ushered into the world , would do well to offer a premium to any one who will discover its meaning.— BOSWELL . sir , ' said Johnson , I am likewise awkward ÆTAT . 71. ] 21 DR . JOHNSON .
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... learned words : one , when giving an account of the approach of Waller's mor- tal disease , he says , " he found his legs grow tumid : " by using the expression his legs swelled , he would have avoided this ; and there would have been ...
... learned words : one , when giving an account of the approach of Waller's mor- tal disease , he says , " he found his legs grow tumid : " by using the expression his legs swelled , he would have avoided this ; and there would have been ...
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