Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... England . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , a man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him . A man when he gets into a higher sphere , into other habits of life , cannot keep up all his former connections ...
... England . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , a man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him . A man when he gets into a higher sphere , into other habits of life , cannot keep up all his former connections ...
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... England , only in the best company ; so that all that he had acquired of our manners was genteel . As a proof of this , Sir , Lord Mulgrave and he dined one day at Streatham ; they sat with their backs to the light fronting me , so that ...
... England , only in the best company ; so that all that he had acquired of our manners was genteel . As a proof of this , Sir , Lord Mulgrave and he dined one day at Streatham ; they sat with their backs to the light fronting me , so that ...
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... England are too rich ' ; so that 1784 , he said of a very timid boy : - Placing him at a public school is forcing an owl upon day . ' Lord Shelburne says that the first Pitt told him that his reason for preferring private to public ...
... England are too rich ' ; so that 1784 , he said of a very timid boy : - Placing him at a public school is forcing an owl upon day . ' Lord Shelburne says that the first Pitt told him that his reason for preferring private to public ...
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... England where bene- fices are rich , the Church is continually draining the universities of all their ablest members . In Scotland and Protestant countries abroad , where a chair in a university is generally a better establish- ment ...
... England where bene- fices are rich , the Church is continually draining the universities of all their ablest members . In Scotland and Protestant countries abroad , where a chair in a university is generally a better establish- ment ...
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... England , and who may be truely said to unite the Baron and the Barrister , was one of the Counsel for Mr. Topham . He displayed much learning and ingenuity upon the general ques- tion ; which , however , was not decided , as the Court ...
... England , and who may be truely said to unite the Baron and the Barrister , was one of the Counsel for Mr. Topham . He displayed much learning and ingenuity upon the general ques- tion ; which , however , was not decided , as the Court ...
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