The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... knowledge to its just height ; all the clergy here are his pupils , and suck all they have from him ; Allen cannot make a warrant without his precedent , nor our quondam John Evans draw a recogni- zance sine directione Michaelis ...
... knowledge to its just height ; all the clergy here are his pupils , and suck all they have from him ; Allen cannot make a warrant without his precedent , nor our quondam John Evans draw a recogni- zance sine directione Michaelis ...
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... knowledge of Latin , in which , u Besides Dr. Taylor , and others mentioned above , he had for his schoolfel- lows , Dr. James , author of the Medicinal Dictionary , and inventor of the far - famed fever powder ; and Mr. Hector ...
... knowledge of Latin , in which , u Besides Dr. Taylor , and others mentioned above , he had for his schoolfel- lows , Dr. James , author of the Medicinal Dictionary , and inventor of the far - famed fever powder ; and Mr. Hector ...
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... knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that miscellany Johnson's translation of the Messiah ap- peared ...
... knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that miscellany Johnson's translation of the Messiah ap- peared ...
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... knowledge is not displayed in this remark . Some faculties of the mind appear to be strengthened by the extinction of others ; as we perceive the taste and touch to be more exquisitely enjoyed by the blind than by those who have the use ...
... knowledge is not displayed in this remark . Some faculties of the mind appear to be strengthened by the extinction of others ; as we perceive the taste and touch to be more exquisitely enjoyed by the blind than by those who have the use ...
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... been taught was wrong , I was no more con- vinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accession of knowledge . A boy should be introduced to such books , by having his attention directed to the 36 [ 1729 . THE LIFE OF.
... been taught was wrong , I was no more con- vinced that theft was wrong than before ; so there was no accession of knowledge . A boy should be introduced to such books , by having his attention directed to the 36 [ 1729 . THE LIFE OF.
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