The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered , " No , sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as ...
... person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered , " No , sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men have studied hard , as ...
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... person and manner , as described to me by the late Mr. Garrick , were by no means pleasing to others , she must have had a supe- riority of understanding and talents , as she certainly inspired him with a more than ordinary passion ...
... person and manner , as described to me by the late Mr. Garrick , were by no means pleasing to others , she must have had a supe- riority of understanding and talents , as she certainly inspired him with a more than ordinary passion ...
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... persons employed to attend in both houses of Parliament . Sometimes , however , as he himself told me , he had nothing more communicated to him than the names of the several speakers , and the part which they had taken in the debate ...
... persons employed to attend in both houses of Parliament . Sometimes , however , as he himself told me , he had nothing more communicated to him than the names of the several speakers , and the part which they had taken in the debate ...
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... authorship . He applied to Dr. Adams , to consult Dr. Smalbroke of the Commons , whether a person might be permitted to practise as an advocate there , without a doctor's degree in Civil Law . " I am , 28 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... authorship . He applied to Dr. Adams , to consult Dr. Smalbroke of the Commons , whether a person might be permitted to practise as an advocate there , without a doctor's degree in Civil Law . " I am , 28 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... person of the name of Samuel Johnson , Librarian of St. Martin's - in - the- Fields , and curate of that parish , engaged in the same undertak- ing , and was patronized by the clergy , particularly by Dr. Pearce , afterwards Bishop of ...
... person of the name of Samuel Johnson , Librarian of St. Martin's - in - the- Fields , and curate of that parish , engaged in the same undertak- ing , and was patronized by the clergy , particularly by Dr. Pearce , afterwards Bishop of ...
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