Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1953 - 1491 páginas |
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... merit ? ' JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir , if they fall in your way ; but if it is understood that you patronize young men of merit , you will be harassed with solicitations . You will have numbers forced upon you who have no merit ; some will ...
... merit ? ' JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir , if they fall in your way ; but if it is understood that you patronize young men of merit , you will be harassed with solicitations . You will have numbers forced upon you who have no merit ; some will ...
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... merit neglected : it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . A man may hide his head in a hole ... merit at the bar who never get practice . ' JOHNSON . ' Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that ...
... merit neglected : it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . A man may hide his head in a hole ... merit at the bar who never get practice . ' JOHNSON . ' Sir , you are sure that practice is got from an opinion that ...
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... merit and all the prosperity . Would not this be a miserable distribution for the poor dunces ? Would men of merit exchange their intellectual superiority , and the enjoyments arising from it , for external distinction and the pleasures ...
... merit and all the prosperity . Would not this be a miserable distribution for the poor dunces ? Would men of merit exchange their intellectual superiority , and the enjoyments arising from it , for external distinction and the pleasures ...
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Part of a Review of Graingers Sugar Cane a Poem in the London | 16 |
Life of Samuel Johnson | 19 |
The False Alarm acknowl | 431 |
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acknowl acquaintance admiration afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON bookseller Boswell Papers Boswell's character church compliments consider conversation dear Sir death Dictionary dined doubt edition eminent English favour Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give Goldsmith happy heard Hebrides honour hope house of Stuart humble servant JAMES BOSWELL John kind King labour lady Langton language learning letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet praise publick published reason recollect remarkable Reverend Samuel Johnson Scotland Shakspeare shew Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth Warton wish write written wrote