The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as ...
... thing intellectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. Johnson was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as ...
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... thing more than a livelihood . To be sure a man , who has enough without teaching , will probably not teach ; for we would all be idle if we could . In the same manner , a man who is to get nothing by teach- ing , will not exert himself ...
... thing more than a livelihood . To be sure a man , who has enough without teaching , will probably not teach ; for we would all be idle if we could . In the same manner , a man who is to get nothing by teach- ing , will not exert himself ...
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... thing . He shewed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of hint by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the Scriveners ' company . I visited ...
... thing . He shewed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of hint by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the Scriveners ' company . I visited ...
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... things ; but there is no end of objections . There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made . " He added , " I would not have you read any thing else of Cheyne , but his book on Health , and his English Malady ...
... things ; but there is no end of objections . There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made . " He added , " I would not have you read any thing else of Cheyne , but his book on Health , and his English Malady ...
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... thing to vanity ; his virtues , and his vices too , were from that motive . He was not a social man . He never ex- changed mind with you . " Mr. We spent the evening at Mr. Hoole's . Mickle , the excellent translator of " The Lusiad ...
... thing to vanity ; his virtues , and his vices too , were from that motive . He was not a social man . He never ex- changed mind with you . " Mr. We spent the evening at Mr. Hoole's . Mickle , the excellent translator of " The Lusiad ...
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