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Such was his great merit , to get the better of all your prejudices . " JOHNSON . " Why , madam , let us compound the matter ; let us ascribe it to my candour , and his merit . " In the evening we had a large company in the drawingroom ...
Such was his great merit , to get the better of all your prejudices . " JOHNSON . " Why , madam , let us compound the matter ; let us ascribe it to my candour , and his merit . " In the evening we had a large company in the drawingroom ...
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I never knew a man of merit neglected : it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . A man may hide his head in a hole : he may go into the country , and publish a book now and then , which nobody reads , and then ...
I never knew a man of merit neglected : it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . A man may hide his head in a hole : he may go into the country , and publish a book now and then , which nobody reads , and then ...
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... his talents in writing on temporary topicks , and displaying uncommon intrepidity , had raised himself to affluence . I maintained that we ought not to be indignant at his success ; for merit of every sort was entitled to reward .
... his talents in writing on temporary topicks , and displaying uncommon intrepidity , had raised himself to affluence . I maintained that we ought not to be indignant at his success ; for merit of every sort was entitled to reward .
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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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