The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke college , told me , I was the best qualified ÆTAT . 3-19 . ] 29 DR . JOHNSON . The two years which he spent at home, after ...
... into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke college , told me , I was the best qualified ÆTAT . 3-19 . ] 29 DR . JOHNSON . The two years which he spent at home, after ...
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... master , wak'd the soothing lyre : Horatian strains a grateful heart proclaim , While Sky's wild rocks resound his Thralia's name.— Hesperia's plant , in some less skilful hands , To bloom a while , factitious heat demands : Though ...
... master , wak'd the soothing lyre : Horatian strains a grateful heart proclaim , While Sky's wild rocks resound his Thralia's name.— Hesperia's plant , in some less skilful hands , To bloom a while , factitious heat demands : Though ...
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... master of the college , whom he called a fine jacobite fellow , overheard him uttering this soliloquy in his strong emphatick voice : " Well , I have a mind to see what is done in other places of learning . I'll go and visit the ...
... master of the college , whom he called a fine jacobite fellow , overheard him uttering this soliloquy in his strong emphatick voice : " Well , I have a mind to see what is done in other places of learning . I'll go and visit the ...
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... master of Pem- broke college , has generally had the reputation of being Johnson's tutor . The fact , however , is , that in 1731 , Mr. Jorden quitted the college , and his pupils were transferred to Dr. Adams ; so that had Johnson ...
... master of Pem- broke college , has generally had the reputation of being Johnson's tutor . The fact , however , is , that in 1731 , Mr. Jorden quitted the college , and his pupils were transferred to Dr. Adams ; so that had Johnson ...
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... master of the grammar school at Brewood in Staffordshire , who had himself been bred under Blackwall . See vol . iv . near the end , where , from the in- formation of Mr. John Nichols , Johnson is said to have applied in 1736 to Mr ...
... master of the grammar school at Brewood in Staffordshire , who had himself been bred under Blackwall . See vol . iv . near the end , where , from the in- formation of Mr. John Nichols , Johnson is said to have applied in 1736 to Mr ...
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