Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... never saw in his company , I think but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious de- meanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history but from the rigid formality of his ...
... never saw in his company , I think but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious de- meanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history but from the rigid formality of his ...
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... never per- ceived it . I supposed him to be only near - sighted ; and indeed I must observe , that in no other respect could I dis- cern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness ...
... never per- ceived it . I supposed him to be only near - sighted ; and indeed I must observe , that in no other respect could I dis- cern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness ...
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... never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he ...
... never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he ...
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... never would have taken place had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his schoolfellows , spontaneously undertaken to sup- port him at Oxford , in the character of his companion ; though , in fact , he never received any assistance ...
... never would have taken place had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his schoolfellows , spontaneously undertaken to sup- port him at Oxford , in the character of his companion ; though , in fact , he never received any assistance ...
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... never took that trouble with any other composition ; and we shall see that his most excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion 1 . Yet he appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my possession , to have at ...
... never took that trouble with any other composition ; and we shall see that his most excellent works were struck off at a heat , with rapid exertion 1 . Yet he appears , from his early notes or memorandums in my possession , to have at ...
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