“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 31820 |
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... learning may be so vicious or so ridi- culous that you cannot respect him . A com- mon soldier too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat procures him a degree of ...
... learning may be so vicious or so ridi- culous that you cannot respect him . A com- mon soldier too , generally eats more than he can pay for . But when a common soldier is civil in his quarters , his red coat procures him a degree of ...
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... learning does not flou- rish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their assiduity for a great part of their income . JOHNSON . " Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English ...
... learning does not flou- rish in them as it would do , if those who teach had smaller salaries , and depended on their assiduity for a great part of their income . JOHNSON . " Sir , the very reverse of this is the truth ; the English ...
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... learning with them for his life . In the foreign Univer- sities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost as a man can make by his learn- ing ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the Universities . It ...
... learning with them for his life . In the foreign Univer- sities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost as a man can make by his learn- ing ; and therefore we find the most learned men abroad are in the Universities . It ...
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... : " I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " * Patrick , Lord Elibank , who died in 1778 . We sat together till it was too late for the C 2 tut . 67. ] 19 DR . JOHNSON . an outcry against it." THRALE. "There ...
... : " I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " * Patrick , Lord Elibank , who died in 1778 . We sat together till it was too late for the C 2 tut . 67. ] 19 DR . JOHNSON . an outcry against it." THRALE. "There ...
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... learning , by dissemi- nating idle writings . JOHNSON . " Sir , if it had not been for the art of printing , we should now have no learning at all : for books would have perished faster than they could have been transcribed . " This ...
... learning , by dissemi- nating idle writings . JOHNSON . " Sir , if it had not been for the art of printing , we should now have no learning at all : for books would have perished faster than they could have been transcribed . " This ...
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