The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... soon after the pub- lication of his dictionary , Garrick being asked by Johnson what people said of it , told him , that among other animad- versions , it was objected that he cited authorities which were beneath the dignity of such a ...
... soon after the pub- lication of his dictionary , Garrick being asked by Johnson what people said of it , told him , that among other animad- versions , it was objected that he cited authorities which were beneath the dignity of such a ...
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... soon after dinner . JOHNSON . ' Ah , sir , don't give way to such a fancy . At one time of my life I had taken it into my head that it was not wholesome to study between breakfast and dinner . ' 999 " Mr. Beauclerk one day repeated to ...
... soon after dinner . JOHNSON . ' Ah , sir , don't give way to such a fancy . At one time of my life I had taken it into my head that it was not wholesome to study between breakfast and dinner . ' 999 " Mr. Beauclerk one day repeated to ...
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... soon ; for if he waits till his judgement is matured , his inability , through want of practice , to express his conceptions , will make the disproportion so great between what he sees and what he can attain , that he will probably be ...
... soon ; for if he waits till his judgement is matured , his inability , through want of practice , to express his conceptions , will make the disproportion so great between what he sees and what he can attain , that he will probably be ...
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... soon find it out and de- sist ; if not , he of course gains the instruction ; which is so much the more likely to come , from the inclination with which he takes up the study . " " Though he used to censure carelessness with great ...
... soon find it out and de- sist ; if not , he of course gains the instruction ; which is so much the more likely to come , from the inclination with which he takes up the study . " " Though he used to censure carelessness with great ...
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... soon satisfied . " " Mr. Langton and he having gone to see a freema- son's funeral procession , when they were at Rochester , and some solemn musick being played on French horns , he said , ' This is the first time that I have ever been ...
... soon satisfied . " " Mr. Langton and he having gone to see a freema- son's funeral procession , when they were at Rochester , and some solemn musick being played on French horns , he said , ' This is the first time that I have ever been ...
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