The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... never perceived it " . I supposed him to be only near- sighted ; and indeed I must observe , that in no other re- spect could I discern any defect in his vision ; on the con- trary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness ...
... never perceived it " . I supposed him to be only near- sighted ; and indeed I must observe , that in no other re- spect could I discern any defect in his vision ; on the con- trary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness ...
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... never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to ... never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a ...
... never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to ... never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a ...
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... never think him less than god ; Oft on his altar shall my firstlings lie , Their blood the consecrated stones shall dye : He gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . Melibaus . My ...
... never think him less than god ; Oft on his altar shall my firstlings lie , Their blood the consecrated stones shall dye : He gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . Melibaus . My ...
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... never would have taken place , had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his schoolfellows , spontaneously under- taken to support him at Oxford , in the character of his companion ; though , in fact , he never received any assist ...
... never would have taken place , had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his schoolfellows , spontaneously under- taken to support him at Oxford , in the character of his companion ; though , in fact , he never received any assist ...
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... never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his enjoyments , were but temporary in- terruptions of its baleful influence . How wonderful , how unsearchable are the ways of God ! Johnson , who was blest with ...
... never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his enjoyments , were but temporary in- terruptions of its baleful influence . How wonderful , how unsearchable are the ways of God ! Johnson , who was blest with ...
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