Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... means approve of confounding the distinction between lawful and illicit off- spring , which is , in effect , insulting the civil establishment of our country , to look no higher ; I cannot help thinking it laudable to be kindly atten ...
... means approve of confounding the distinction between lawful and illicit off- spring , which is , in effect , insulting the civil establishment of our country , to look no higher ; I cannot help thinking it laudable to be kindly atten ...
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... means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his y ^ tutor . His being put under any tutor reminds us of what Wood says of Robert Burton , authour of the ' Anatomy of Melancholy , ' when elected student of Christ Church ...
... means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his y ^ tutor . His being put under any tutor reminds us of what Wood says of Robert Burton , authour of the ' Anatomy of Melancholy , ' when elected student of Christ Church ...
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... some of 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.
... some of 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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... means by which he could maintain himself . In the December of this year his father died . The state of poverty in which he died , appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , which strongly displays his ...
... means by which he could maintain himself . In the December of this year his father died . The state of poverty in which he died , appears from a note in one of Johnson's little diaries of the following year , which strongly displays his ...
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... means of subsistence . He made some valuable acquaintances there , amongst whom were Mr. Porter , a mercer , whose widow he afterwards married , and Mr. Taylor , who by his ingenuity in mechanical inven- tions , and his success in trade ...
... means of subsistence . He made some valuable acquaintances there , amongst whom were Mr. Porter , a mercer , whose widow he afterwards married , and Mr. Taylor , who by his ingenuity in mechanical inven- tions , and his success in trade ...
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