Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1953 - 1491 páginas |
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... thing for a school - boy ; but is no treat for a man . " ' Speaking of Boetius , who was the favourite writer of the middle ages , he said it was very surprizing , that upon such a subject , and in such a situation , he should be magis ...
... thing for a school - boy ; but is no treat for a man . " ' Speaking of Boetius , who was the favourite writer of the middle ages , he said it was very surprizing , that upon such a subject , and in such a situation , he should be magis ...
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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 friend1 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 friend1 mentioned to him several extraordinary facts , as ...
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... thing . I told Mrs. Thrale , " You have so little anxiety about truth , that you never tax your memory with the exact thing . " Now what is the use of the memory to truth , if one is careless of exactness ? Lord Hailes's Annals of ...
... thing . I told Mrs. Thrale , " You have so little anxiety about truth , that you never tax your memory with the exact thing . " Now what is the use of the memory to truth , if one is careless of exactness ? Lord Hailes's Annals of ...
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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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