Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had op- posed it , he said , " Sir ... thoughts to intellects higher than his own ; who apologises for every word which his own narrow- ness of converse ...
... thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had op- posed it , he said , " Sir ... thoughts to intellects higher than his own ; who apologises for every word which his own narrow- ness of converse ...
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... thought it had been better ' . ' ' Talking of a point of delicate scrupulosity ' of moral conduct , he said to Mr. Langton , " Men of harder minds than ours will do many things from which you and I would shrink ; yet , Sir , they will ...
... thought it had been better ' . ' ' Talking of a point of delicate scrupulosity ' of moral conduct , he said to Mr. Langton , " Men of harder minds than ours will do many things from which you and I would shrink ; yet , Sir , they will ...
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... thought I had been uttering in my own character . " ' ' One evening . in company , an ingenious and learned gen- tleman read to him a letter of compliment which he had received from one of the Professors of a foreign University ...
... thought I had been uttering in my own character . " ' ' One evening . in company , an ingenious and learned gen- tleman read to him a letter of compliment which he had received from one of the Professors of a foreign University ...
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... thought more than he deserved . The next day I dined at Langton's with Johnson , I remember Lady Rothes [ Langton's wife ] spoke of the advantage children now derived from the little books published purposely for their instruction ...
... thought more than he deserved . The next day I dined at Langton's with Johnson , I remember Lady Rothes [ Langton's wife ] spoke of the advantage children now derived from the little books published purposely for their instruction ...
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... thought higher of its power of language : when I read it myself , I was more sensible of its pathetick effect ; " and then he paid it a compliment which many will think very extravagant . “ Sir , ( said he , ) if Otway had written this ...
... thought higher of its power of language : when I read it myself , I was more sensible of its pathetick effect ; " and then he paid it a compliment which many will think very extravagant . “ Sir , ( said he , ) if Otway had written this ...
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