Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... church , and in the midst of so great a croud . He 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 ...
... church , and in the midst of so great a croud . He 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 ...
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... Church : for form's sake , though he wanted not a tutor , he was put under the tuition of Dr. John Bancroft , afterwards Bishop of Oxon ' . ' His father seemed very full of the merits of his son , and told the company he was a good ...
... Church : for form's sake , though he wanted not a tutor , he was put under the tuition of Dr. John Bancroft , afterwards Bishop of Oxon ' . ' His father seemed very full of the merits of his son , and told the company he was a good ...
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... his friends should have given credit to his groundless opinion , when they had such undoubted proofs that it was totally fallacious ; though it is by no means 46 HIS RELUCTANCE TO ATTEND CHURCH ( 1729 surprising that.
... his friends should have given credit to his groundless opinion , when they had such undoubted proofs that it was totally fallacious ; though it is by no means 46 HIS RELUCTANCE TO ATTEND CHURCH ( 1729 surprising that.
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... church at Lichfield , in which we had a seat , wanted reparation , so I was to go and find a seat in other churches ; and having bad eyes , and being awkward about this , I used to go and read in the fields on Sunday . This habit ...
... church at Lichfield , in which we had a seat , wanted reparation , so I was to go and find a seat in other churches ; and having bad eyes , and being awkward about this , I used to go and read in the fields on Sunday . This habit ...
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... Church , was the tutor of highest reputation , Taylor was entered of that College . Mr. Bateman's lectures were so excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his 1 See Nash's History of ...
... Church , was the tutor of highest reputation , Taylor was entered of that College . Mr. Bateman's lectures were so excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his 1 See Nash's History of ...
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