Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with beholding him . ' Nor ...
... answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with beholding him . ' Nor ...
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... answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy could not expect to be asked ...
... answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy could not expect to be asked ...
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... upon him , and then staid away four . On the sixth , Mr. Jorden asked me why I had not attended . I answered I had been sliding in Christ- 1 Athen . Oxon . edit . 1721 , i . 627 . 42 THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER [ 1728 Church meadow . * C 3.
... upon him , and then staid away four . On the sixth , Mr. Jorden asked me why I had not attended . I answered I had been sliding in Christ- 1 Athen . Oxon . edit . 1721 , i . 627 . 42 THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER [ 1728 Church meadow . * C 3.
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... answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , in- deed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . ' Trying him by that criterion upon ...
... answered ' No , Sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , in- deed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as Bentley and Clarke . ' Trying him by that criterion upon ...
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... Answered Dec. 2. ' But whether any thing was done in consequence of it we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female charms . When at Stourbridge school , he was much enamoured of ...
... Answered Dec. 2. ' But whether any thing was done in consequence of it we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female charms . When at Stourbridge school , he was much enamoured of ...
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