The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... manner we find them represented in the poets . The people would not have suffered it . They disputed with good humour upon their fanciful theories , because they were not inter- ested in the truth of them : when a man has nothing to ...
... manner we find them represented in the poets . The people would not have suffered it . They disputed with good humour upon their fanciful theories , because they were not inter- ested in the truth of them : when a man has nothing to ...
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... manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of them , that I have reason to believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his ...
... manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of them , that I have reason to believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his ...
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... manner , a man who is to get nothing by teaching , will not exert himself . Gresham college was intended as a place of instruction for London ; able pro- fessors were to read lectures gratis : they contrived to have no scholars ...
... manner , a man who is to get nothing by teaching , will not exert himself . Gresham college was intended as a place of instruction for London ; able pro- fessors were to read lectures gratis : they contrived to have no scholars ...
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... manner . " I lately , " said he , " received a letter from the East Indies , from a gentleman whom I formerly knew very well : he had returned from that country with a handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to ...
... manner . " I lately , " said he , " received a letter from the East Indies , from a gentleman whom I formerly knew very well : he had returned from that country with a handsome fortune , as it was reckoned , before means were found to ...
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... manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and there- fore would sometimes in conversation maintain opinions which he ...
... manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and there- fore would sometimes in conversation maintain opinions which he ...
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