The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3G. Bell, 1884 |
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... asked Dr. John- son if he would write a preface to them . JOHNSON . “ No , Sir . The Benedictines were very kind to me , and I'll do what I undertook to do ; but I will not mingle my name with them . I am to gain nothing by them . I'll ...
... asked Dr. John- son if he would write a preface to them . JOHNSON . “ No , Sir . The Benedictines were very kind to me , and I'll do what I undertook to do ; but I will not mingle my name with them . I am to gain nothing by them . I'll ...
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... asked Johnson's opinion of Soame Jenyns's " View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion ; " - JOHNSON . " I think it a pretty book ; not very theological , in- deed ; and there seems to be an affectation of ease and care ...
... asked Johnson's opinion of Soame Jenyns's " View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion ; " - JOHNSON . " I think it a pretty book ; not very theological , in- deed ; and there seems to be an affectation of ease and care ...
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... asked , if this was not Man- deville's doctrine of " private vices , public benefits . " JOHNSON . " The fallacy of that book is , that Mandeville defines neither vices nor benefits . He reckons among vices every thing that gives ...
... asked , if this was not Man- deville's doctrine of " private vices , public benefits . " JOHNSON . " The fallacy of that book is , that Mandeville defines neither vices nor benefits . He reckons among vices every thing that gives ...
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... asked me , why I did not give some account of my travels in France . The reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but ...
... asked me , why I did not give some account of my travels in France . The reason is plain ; intelligent readers had seen more of France than I had . You might have liked my travels in France , and THE CLUB might have liked them ; but ...
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... asked if I remembered one Edwards ; I did not at first recollect the name , but gradually , as we walked along , recovered it , and told him a conversation that had passed at an alehouse between us . My purpose is to continue our ...
... asked if I remembered one Edwards ; I did not at first recollect the name , but gradually , as we walked along , recovered it , and told him a conversation that had passed at an alehouse between us . My purpose is to continue our ...
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