The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Band 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... Learners were discouraged , by finding no standard to resort to ; and , consequently , thought it incapable of any . They will now be undeceived and encouraged . " This courtly device failed of its effect . Johnson , who thought that ...
... Learners were discouraged , by finding no standard to resort to ; and , consequently , thought it incapable of any . They will now be undeceived and encouraged . " This courtly device failed of its effect . Johnson , who thought that ...
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... learning , I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it , if less be pos- sible , with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope , in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation . " MY LORD , " Your ...
... learning , I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it , if less be pos- sible , with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope , in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation . " MY LORD , " Your ...
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... learning of Le Clerc , was not disgraced by the taste , the know- ledge , and the judgment of Maty . His style is pure and eloquent , and in his virtues or even in his defects he may be reckoned as one of the last disciples of the ...
... learning of Le Clerc , was not disgraced by the taste , the know- ledge , and the judgment of Maty . His style is pure and eloquent , and in his virtues or even in his defects he may be reckoned as one of the last disciples of the ...
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... learning and penetration busy themselves in these inquiries , but what is their idleness is my busi- ness . Help , indeed , now comes too late for me , when a large part of my book has passed the press . 66 " I shall be glad if these ...
... learning and penetration busy themselves in these inquiries , but what is their idleness is my busi- ness . Help , indeed , now comes too late for me , when a large part of my book has passed the press . 66 " I shall be glad if these ...
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... learning and judgment , are not , I think , entitled to the first praise amongst the various parts of this immense work . The definitions have always appeared to me such astonishing proofs of acuteness of intellect and pre- ( 1 ) ...
... learning and judgment , are not , I think , entitled to the first praise amongst the various parts of this immense work . The definitions have always appeared to me such astonishing proofs of acuteness of intellect and pre- ( 1 ) ...
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