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One instance , I find , has circulated both in conversation and in print ; that when he would not allow the Scotch writers to have merit , the late Dr. Rose of Chiswick asserted , that he could name one Scotch writer , whom Dr. Johnson ...
One instance , I find , has circulated both in conversation and in print ; that when he would not allow the Scotch writers to have merit , the late Dr. Rose of Chiswick asserted , that he could name one Scotch writer , whom Dr. Johnson ...
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Why should he complain ? This Mæcenas has others as good as he , or others who have got the start of him . " BOSWELL , “ But surely , sir , you will allow that there are men of merit at the bar who never get practice .
Why should he complain ? This Mæcenas has others as good as he , or others who have got the start of him . " BOSWELL , “ But surely , sir , you will allow that there are men of merit at the bar who never get practice .
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No , sir ; what he has is rather the contrary : I will , indeed , allow him courage ; and on this account we so far give him credit . We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway , than for a fellow who jumps out of a ...
No , sir ; what he has is rather the contrary : I will , indeed , allow him courage ; and on this account we so far give him credit . We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway , than for a fellow who jumps out of a ...
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| Titel | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Band 4 von The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Autor/in | James Boswell |
| Verlag | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 12. Febr. 2008 |
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