Life of Johnson, Volúmenes1-2Oxford University Press, 1942 |
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... talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be pru- dently ...
... talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You may be pru- dently ...
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... talked of , a learned gentleman who holds a considerable office in the law , expatiated on the happiness of a savage ... talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . ' It was owing to imaginary ...
... talked of , a learned gentleman who holds a considerable office in the law , expatiated on the happiness of a savage ... talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . ' It was owing to imaginary ...
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... talked of another mode in the newspapers of giving modern characters in sentences from the classicks , and of the passage ' Parcus deorum cultor , et infrequens , Insanientis dum sapientiæ Consultus erro , nunc retrorsùm Vela dare ...
... talked of another mode in the newspapers of giving modern characters in sentences from the classicks , and of the passage ' Parcus deorum cultor , et infrequens , Insanientis dum sapientiæ Consultus erro , nunc retrorsùm Vela dare ...
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DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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