Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1953 - 1491 páginas |
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... merit to a player . ' JOHNSON . ' Merit , Sir ! what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? ' BOSWELL . ' No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can conceive lofty sentiments , and can express ...
... merit to a player . ' JOHNSON . ' Merit , Sir ! what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? ' BOSWELL . ' No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can conceive lofty sentiments , and can express ...
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... merit neglected : it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . A man may hide his head in a hole ... merit at the bar who never get practice . ' JOHNSON . ' Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that ...
... merit neglected : it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . A man may hide his head in a hole ... merit at the bar who never get practice . ' JOHNSON . ' Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that ...
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... merit and all the prosperity . Would not this be a miserable distribution for the poor dunces ? Would men of merit exchange their intellectual superiority , and the enjoyments arising from it , for external distinction and the pleasures ...
... merit and all the prosperity . Would not this be a miserable distribution for the poor dunces ? Would men of merit exchange their intellectual superiority , and the enjoyments arising from it , for external distinction and the pleasures ...
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Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds | 1 |
Advertisement to the Third Edition | 9 |
Life of Samuel Johnson | 19 |
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