Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... enter upon Cæsar's Commentaries . This rapidity of attainment , the consequence of a superior capacity united to a more than ordinary share of application , was not ac- companied , as is usually the case , with that * This gentleman has ...
... enter upon Cæsar's Commentaries . This rapidity of attainment , the consequence of a superior capacity united to a more than ordinary share of application , was not ac- companied , as is usually the case , with that * This gentleman has ...
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... entered with more than common ardour into the juvenile amusements of his school - fellows . For his rapid progress in school learning he was no doubt greatly indebted to the judicious care and attention of his master , who appears early ...
... entered with more than common ardour into the juvenile amusements of his school - fellows . For his rapid progress in school learning he was no doubt greatly indebted to the judicious care and attention of his master , who appears early ...
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... enter- tained of his character and talents . the publication of one of his fast sermons in the year 1782 , which was dedicated to Mr. Pitt , at that time the champion of the whigs and the zealous promoter of reform , the Doctor , in a ...
... enter- tained of his character and talents . the publication of one of his fast sermons in the year 1782 , which was dedicated to Mr. Pitt , at that time the champion of the whigs and the zealous promoter of reform , the Doctor , in a ...
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... grow tolerably easy to $ 6 me , and willingly entered into the service " of the Muses , a service which preys upon σε 66 my thoughts night and day without inter- " mission . 1 " mission . The only satisfaction I can pro- pose X MEMOIR OF.
... grow tolerably easy to $ 6 me , and willingly entered into the service " of the Muses , a service which preys upon σε 66 my thoughts night and day without inter- " mission . 1 " mission . The only satisfaction I can pro- pose X MEMOIR OF.
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... entered at the wri- " ting - school , and wants nothing but appli- " cation , to do well there , or at any other " school . I am spurring him up every day ; " so that I believe he looks upon me as his See the Appendix . con- " continual ...
... entered at the wri- " ting - school , and wants nothing but appli- " cation , to do well there , or at any other " school . I am spurring him up every day ; " so that I believe he looks upon me as his See the Appendix . con- " continual ...
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