Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... mean ability , and of no original thinking . ' Gibbon ( Misc . Works , v . 300 ) wrote of Foster : - ' Wonderful ! a divine preferring reason to faith , and more afraid of vice than of heresy . ' • It is believed to have been her play ...
... mean ability , and of no original thinking . ' Gibbon ( Misc . Works , v . 300 ) wrote of Foster : - ' Wonderful ! a divine preferring reason to faith , and more afraid of vice than of heresy . ' • It is believed to have been her play ...
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... mean what he said . " JOHNSON . “ Nay , Sir , if he lied , it is a different thing . " Colman slily said , ( but it is believed Dr. Johnson did not hear him , ) " Then the proper expression should have been , -Sir , if you don't lie ...
... mean what he said . " JOHNSON . “ Nay , Sir , if he lied , it is a different thing . " Colman slily said , ( but it is believed Dr. Johnson did not hear him , ) " Then the proper expression should have been , -Sir , if you don't lie ...
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... means his first introduction to Johnson . Field's Parr , i . 161. Parr wrote to Romilly in 1811- Pray let me ask whether you have ever read some admirable remarks of Mr. Hutcheson upon the word merit . I remember a controversy I had ...
... means his first introduction to Johnson . Field's Parr , i . 161. Parr wrote to Romilly in 1811- Pray let me ask whether you have ever read some admirable remarks of Mr. Hutcheson upon the word merit . I remember a controversy I had ...
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... means of get- ting a livelihood more difficult ; therefore the supporting them was an act of great benevolence ; now that the poor can find maintenance for themselves , and their labour is wanted , a general undiscerning hospitality ...
... means of get- ting a livelihood more difficult ; therefore the supporting them was an act of great benevolence ; now that the poor can find maintenance for themselves , and their labour is wanted , a general undiscerning hospitality ...
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... means deficient in literature , having discovered less acquaintance with one of the Classicks than Johnson expected , when the gentleman left the room , he observed , " You see , now , how little any body reads . " Mr. Langton happening ...
... means deficient in literature , having discovered less acquaintance with one of the Classicks than Johnson expected , when the gentleman left the room , he observed , " You see , now , how little any body reads . " Mr. Langton happening ...
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