The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 36
... never seen that beautiful city , and wished to take the opportunity of visiting it while Johnson was there . Having written to him , I received the follow- ing answer . TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , -Why do you talk of neglect ...
... never seen that beautiful city , and wished to take the opportunity of visiting it while Johnson was there . Having written to him , I received the follow- ing answer . TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " DEAR SIR , -Why do you talk of neglect ...
Page 38
... never clarified his notions by filtrating them through other minds . He had a canal upon his estate , where at one place the bank was too low . said he . I dug the canal deeper , " He told me that " so long ago as 1748 he had read The ...
... never clarified his notions by filtrating them through other minds . He had a canal upon his estate , where at one place the bank was too low . said he . I dug the canal deeper , " He told me that " so long ago as 1748 he had read The ...
Page 42
... never happy for the present is so true , that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting him- self for a little while . Life is a progress from want to want , not from enjoyment to enjoyment . " Though many men are nominally ...
... never happy for the present is so true , that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting him- self for a little while . Life is a progress from want to want , not from enjoyment to enjoyment . " Though many men are nominally ...
Page 46
... never before read Scotch history with certainty . " I asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary , and what commentaries he would recommend . JOHNSON . " To be sure , sir , I would have you read the Bible ...
... never before read Scotch history with certainty . " I asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary , and what commentaries he would recommend . JOHNSON . " To be sure , sir , I would have you read the Bible ...
Page 48
... never taken away ; for the christian magistrate interposed his office , not to rescue sinners from censure , but to supply more powerful means of reforma- tion ; to add pain where shame was insufficient ; and when men were proclaimed ...
... never taken away ; for the christian magistrate interposed his office , not to rescue sinners from censure , but to supply more powerful means of reforma- tion ; to add pain where shame was insufficient ; and when men were proclaimed ...
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