The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Band 1Dent, 1949 |
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... endeavour at rising in life . But such was his inflexible dignity of character , that he could not stoop to court the great ; without which hardly any man has made his way to a high station . He could not expect to produce many such ...
... endeavour at rising in life . But such was his inflexible dignity of character , that he could not stoop to court the great ; without which hardly any man has made his way to a high station . He could not expect to produce many such ...
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... endeavour to know the will of GOD . " I shall , therefore , consider only such studies as we are at liberty to pursue or to neglect ; and of these I know not how you will make a better choice , than by studying the civil law as your ...
... endeavour to know the will of GOD . " I shall , therefore , consider only such studies as we are at liberty to pursue or to neglect ; and of these I know not how you will make a better choice , than by studying the civil law as your ...
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... endeavour to do . There is nothing , I think , in which the power of art is shown so much as in playing on the fiddle . In all other things we can do something at first . Any man will forge a bar of iron , if you give him a hammer ; not ...
... endeavour to do . There is nothing , I think , in which the power of art is shown so much as in playing on the fiddle . In all other things we can do something at first . Any man will forge a bar of iron , if you give him a hammer ; not ...
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