Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores , In one respect , this Work , will , in some passages , be different from the former ...
... manner , which opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores , In one respect , this Work , will , in some passages , be different from the former ...
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... manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never had persevering diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been pre- served ; but the ...
... manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes , he never had persevering diligence enough to form them into a regular composition . Of these memorials a few have been pre- served ; but the ...
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... manner , without any scheme of study ; as chance threw books in his way , and inclination directed him through them . He used to mention one curious instance of his casual reading , when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had ...
... manner , without any scheme of study ; as chance threw books in his way , and inclination directed him through them . He used to mention one curious instance of his casual reading , when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had ...
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... manner , that he obtained great applause from it , which ever after kept him high in the estimation of his College , and , indeed , of all the University . 15 The “ morbid melancholy , ” which was lurking in his constitution , and to ...
... manner , that he obtained great applause from it , which ever after kept him high in the estimation of his College , and , indeed , of all the University . 15 The “ morbid melancholy , ” which was lurking in his constitution , and to ...
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... manner he employed his pen at this period , or whether he derived from it any pecuniary advantage , I have not been able to ascertain . He probably got a little money from Mr. Warren ; and we are certain , that he executed here one ...
... manner he employed his pen at this period , or whether he derived from it any pecuniary advantage , I have not been able to ascertain . He probably got a little money from Mr. Warren ; and we are certain , that he executed here one ...
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