The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 5Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... thing intel- lectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. John- son was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts ...
... thing intel- lectual , every thing abstract - politicks , morals , and religion , must be darkly guessed . Dr. John- son was of the same opinion . He upon another occasion , when a friend mentioned to him several extraordinary facts ...
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... thing more than a livelihood . To be sure a man , who has enough without teaching , will probably not teach ; for we would all be idle if we could . In the same manner , a man who is to get nothing by teaching , will not exert himself ...
... thing more than a livelihood . To be sure a man , who has enough without teaching , will probably not teach ; for we would all be idle if we could . In the same manner , a man who is to get nothing by teaching , will not exert himself ...
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... thing of his own to excess ; in short , " whose " whose geese were all swans , " as the proverb says , expatiated on the excellence of his bull - dog , which , he told us , was " perfectly well shaped . " Johnson , after examining the ...
... thing of his own to excess ; in short , " whose " whose geese were all swans , " as the proverb says , expatiated on the excellence of his bull - dog , which , he told us , was " perfectly well shaped . " Johnson , after examining the ...
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