The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... told me that the scrofulous sores which afflicted me proceeded from the bad humours of the nurse , whose son had the same distem- per , and was likewise short - sighted , but both in a less degree . My mother thought my diseases derived ...
... told me that the scrofulous sores which afflicted me proceeded from the bad humours of the nurse , whose son had the same distem- per , and was likewise short - sighted , but both in a less degree . My mother thought my diseases derived ...
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... told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a ...
... told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a ...
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... told me that he was an excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of emi- nence ; that Holdbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of ...
... told me that he was an excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of emi- nence ; that Holdbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of ...
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... 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 , upon all occasions , expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of ...
... 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 , upon all occasions , expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of ...
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... told me , was a very able man , but an idle man , and to me very severe ; but I cannot blame him much . I was then a big boy ; he saw I did not reverence him ; and that he should get no honour by me . I had brought enough with me , to ...
... told me , was a very able man , but an idle man , and to me very severe ; but I cannot blame him much . I was then a big boy ; he saw I did not reverence him ; and that he should get no honour by me . I had brought enough with me , to ...
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