The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... master to teach him . " It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too severe , the school of Lichfield was very respectable in his time . The late Dr. Taylor " , prebendary ...
... master to teach him . " It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too severe , the school of Lichfield was very respectable in his time . The late Dr. Taylor " , prebendary ...
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... master whipt me very well . Without that , sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say , " And this I do to save you from the gallows . " Johnson ...
... master whipt me very well . Without that , sir , I should have done nothing . " He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say , " And this I do to save you from the gallows . " Johnson ...
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... master . This step was taken by the advice of his cousin , the rev . Mr. Ford , a man in whom both talents and good dispositions were dis- graced by licentiousness , but who was a very able judge 2 Cornelius Ford , according to sir John ...
... master . This step was taken by the advice of his cousin , the rev . Mr. Ford , a man in whom both talents and good dispositions were dis- graced by licentiousness , but who was a very able judge 2 Cornelius Ford , according to sir John ...
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... master . Yet he taught me a great deal . " He thus discriminated to Dr. Percy , bishop of Dromore , his progress at his two grammar schools : " At one , I learned much in the school , but little from the master ; in the other , I ...
... master . Yet he taught me a great deal . " He thus discriminated to Dr. Percy , bishop of Dromore , his progress at his two grammar schools : " At one , I learned much in the school , but little from the master ; in the other , I ...
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... masters , and of Mr. Hector , his schoolfellow and friend ; from which I select the following specimens : Translation of Virgil . Pastoral I. Melibaus . Now , Tityrus , you , supine and careless laid , Play on your pipe beneath this ...
... masters , and of Mr. Hector , his schoolfellow and friend ; from which I select the following specimens : Translation of Virgil . Pastoral I. Melibaus . Now , Tityrus , you , supine and careless laid , Play on your pipe beneath this ...
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