Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... never conceal from me great ingenuity , " invincible honesty , and deep learning ; and " then ' twas impossible but that my best " wishes would be interested in the prospe- rity of the possessor of such talents . The " address to the ...
... never conceal from me great ingenuity , " invincible honesty , and deep learning ; and " then ' twas impossible but that my best " wishes would be interested in the prospe- rity of the possessor of such talents . The " address to the ...
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... never perhaps wholly obliterated ; in some measure therefore he may be regarded as the parent of their minds , as the modeller of their fu- ture lives . There is a curious epistle , which he wrote to 1 to his father shortly after his ...
... never perhaps wholly obliterated ; in some measure therefore he may be regarded as the parent of their minds , as the modeller of their fu- ture lives . There is a curious epistle , which he wrote to 1 to his father shortly after his ...
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... be , way to recommend to him for his own interest " to leave off painting , poetry , and nonsense , " which will never make him a halfpenny " richer 66 " richer or wiser , and to apply himself THE REV . GEORGE WALKER . xiii.
... be , way to recommend to him for his own interest " to leave off painting , poetry , and nonsense , " which will never make him a halfpenny " richer 66 " richer or wiser , and to apply himself THE REV . GEORGE WALKER . xiii.
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... never to assist me in any composition " for the future . But when I petition them , " then may they deny me ! For to say the " truth , the flights and raptures of a poeti- " cal imagination are but luxuriant branch- " es in the ...
... never to assist me in any composition " for the future . But when I petition them , " then may they deny me ! For to say the " truth , the flights and raptures of a poeti- " cal imagination are but luxuriant branch- " es in the ...
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... never regarded by Mr. Walker as pos- sessing an elegant taste , his demonstrations being at times unnecessarily long and tedi- ous , and devoid of neatness and perspicuity . The university at that time exhibited such a con- a ...
... never regarded by Mr. Walker as pos- sessing an elegant taste , his demonstrations being at times unnecessarily long and tedi- ous , and devoid of neatness and perspicuity . The university at that time exhibited such a con- a ...
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