Life of Johnson, Volumen1H. Frowde, 1904 |
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... tion . But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so ...
... tion . But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so ...
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... tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I have given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds ...
... tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I have given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds ...
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... tion were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short , he is a memorable instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature : and that the dis ...
... tion were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short , he is a memorable instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature : and that the dis ...
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... tion , under whom Mr. Hollis is said , in the Memoirs of his Life , to have been also educated 2 ) . This application to Mr. Lea was not successful ; but Johnson had afterwards the gratification to hear that the old gentleman , who ...
... tion , under whom Mr. Hollis is said , in the Memoirs of his Life , to have been also educated 2 ) . This application to Mr. Lea was not successful ; but Johnson had afterwards the gratification to hear that the old gentleman , who ...
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... return from Stourbridge , he passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady applica- tion . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at 40 HIS WIDE READING [ 1728 all , but merely.
... return from Stourbridge , he passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady applica- tion . He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at 40 HIS WIDE READING [ 1728 all , but merely.
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