The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... keep up all his former connections . Then , Sir , those who knew him formerly upon a level with themselves , may think that they ought still to be treated as on a icvel , which cannot be ; and an acquaintance in a former situation may ...
... keep up all his former connections . Then , Sir , those who knew him formerly upon a level with themselves , may think that they ought still to be treated as on a icvel , which cannot be ; and an acquaintance in a former situation may ...
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... keeps his temper ; the Stoic , who has something positive to preserve , grows angry . Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value , is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel . Every man who attacks ...
... keeps his temper ; the Stoic , who has something positive to preserve , grows angry . Being angry with one who controverts an opinion which you value , is a necessary consequence of the uneasiness which you feel . Every man who attacks ...
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... keep a man decently as a scholar . We do not allow 1 Dr. Adam Smith , who was for some time a professor in the University of Glasgow , has uttered , in his " Wealth of Nations , " some reflections upon this subject , which are certainly ...
... keep a man decently as a scholar . We do not allow 1 Dr. Adam Smith , who was for some time a professor in the University of Glasgow , has uttered , in his " Wealth of Nations , " some reflections upon this subject , which are certainly ...
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... keep a man of eminent learning with them for his life . In the foreign universities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost as a man can make by his learning ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the ...
... keep a man of eminent learning with them for his life . In the foreign universities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost as a man can make by his learning ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the ...
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... keep her in his house ? Would he not , by doing so , be accessary to imposition ? And , perhaps , a worthy , unsuspecting man might come and marry this woman , unless the father inform him of the truth . " JOHNSON : " Sir , he is ...
... keep her in his house ? Would he not , by doing so , be accessary to imposition ? And , perhaps , a worthy , unsuspecting man might come and marry this woman , unless the father inform him of the truth . " JOHNSON : " Sir , he is ...
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