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 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... learning , of friendship . We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed . As in filling a vessel drop by drop , there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which ...
... learning , of friendship . We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed . As in filling a vessel drop by drop , there is at last a drop which makes it run over ; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which ...
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... learning , and the excellent and candid nature of his practical writings . " The new lives of clergymen of the church of England , in the same four volumes , are as follows : John Balguy , Edward Bent- ham , George Berkley Bishop of ...
... learning , and the excellent and candid nature of his practical writings . " The new lives of clergymen of the church of England , in the same four volumes , are as follows : John Balguy , Edward Bent- ham , George Berkley Bishop of ...
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... learning , and merit . ” Let me add that the expression " A friend to the Constitution in Church and State , " was not meant by me , as any reflection upon this Reverend Gentleman , as if he were an enemy to the political constitution ...
... learning , and merit . ” Let me add that the expression " A friend to the Constitution in Church and State , " was not meant by me , as any reflection upon this Reverend Gentleman , as if he were an enemy to the political constitution ...
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... learning in France , because they have such a number of religious esta- blishments ; so many men who have nothing else to do but to study . I do not know this ; but I take it upon the common principles of chance . Where there are many ...
... learning in France , because they have such a number of religious esta- blishments ; so many men who have nothing else to do but to study . I do not know this ; but I take it upon the common principles of chance . Where there are many ...
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... learning , a most retentive memory , of the deepest and most unaffected piety and morality , mingled with those numerous weaknesses and prejudices which his friends have kindly taken care to draw from their dread abode . I brought on ...
... learning , a most retentive memory , of the deepest and most unaffected piety and morality , mingled with those numerous weaknesses and prejudices which his friends have kindly taken care to draw from their dread abode . I brought on ...
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