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... once observed to me , that " Johnson knew more books than any man alive . " He had a peculiar facility in seizing at once what was valuable in any book , without submitting to the labour of perusing it from beginning to end . He had ...
... once observed to me , that " Johnson knew more books than any man alive . " He had a peculiar facility in seizing at once what was valuable in any book , without submitting to the labour of perusing it from beginning to end . He had ...
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... once . But such arts as these have no merit , unless when they are original . We admire them only once ; and this abruptness has nothing new in it . We have had it often before . Nay , we have it in the old song of Johnny Armstrong ...
... once . But such arts as these have no merit , unless when they are original . We admire them only once ; and this abruptness has nothing new in it . We have had it often before . Nay , we have it in the old song of Johnny Armstrong ...
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... once give a very judicious practical advice upon this subject : " A man who has been drinking wine at all freely , should never go into a new company . With those who have partaken of wine with him he may be pretty well in unison ; but ...
... once give a very judicious practical advice upon this subject : " A man who has been drinking wine at all freely , should never go into a new company . With those who have partaken of wine with him he may be pretty well in unison ; but ...
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Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
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