The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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Page 37
... means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding many acts of voluntary , and , to others , un- known penance . The first opportunity which offered , of course , he seized the book with avidity ; but , on ...
... means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding many acts of voluntary , and , to others , un- known penance . The first opportunity which offered , of course , he seized the book with avidity ; but , on ...
Page 44
... means by which he could maintain himself . In the December of this year his father died . The state of poverty in which he died , appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , which strongly displays his ...
... means by which he could maintain himself . In the December of this year his father died . The state of poverty in which he died , appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , which strongly displays his ...
Page 49
... means of subsistence . z It appears from a letter of Johnson's to a friend , which I have read , dated Lichfield , July 27 , 1732 , that he had left sir Wolstan Dixie's house recently before that letter was written . He then had hopes ...
... means of subsistence . z It appears from a letter of Johnson's to a friend , which I have read , dated Lichfield , July 27 , 1732 , that he had left sir Wolstan Dixie's house recently before that letter was written . He then had hopes ...
Page 56
... mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not intended for her . " Such was this lady's statement , which , I make no doubt , she supposed to be correct : but it shows how dangerous it is to trust too implicitly to traditional ...
... mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not intended for her . " Such was this lady's statement , which , I make no doubt , she supposed to be correct : but it shows how dangerous it is to trust too implicitly to traditional ...
Page 58
... means pleasing to others " , she must have had a superiority of understanding and talents , as she certainly inspired him with a more than or- m Mrs. Johnson's maiden name was Jervis . - Though there was a great dis- parity of years ...
... means pleasing to others " , she must have had a superiority of understanding and talents , as she certainly inspired him with a more than or- m Mrs. Johnson's maiden name was Jervis . - Though there was a great dis- parity of years ...
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