The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 7J. Murray, 1835 |
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... remember ; but if you have not a book immediately ready , and the subject moulds in your mind , it is a chance if you have again a desire to study it . " He added , " If a man never has an eager desire for instruction , he should ...
... remember ; but if you have not a book immediately ready , and the subject moulds in your mind , it is a chance if you have again a desire to study it . " He added , " If a man never has an eager desire for instruction , he should ...
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... remember particularly the Ode " Eheu fugaces . " He said , the dispute as to the comparative excel- lence of Homer or Virgil ( 1 ) was inaccurate . " We must consider , " said he , " whether Homer was not the greatest poet , though ...
... remember particularly the Ode " Eheu fugaces . " He said , the dispute as to the comparative excel- lence of Homer or Virgil ( 1 ) was inaccurate . " We must consider , " said he , " whether Homer was not the greatest poet , though ...
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... remember that I ever did say so , that as his generosity proceeded from no principle , but was a part of his profusion , he would do for a dog what he would do for a friend : but I never applied this remark to any particular instance ...
... remember that I ever did say so , that as his generosity proceeded from no principle , but was a part of his profusion , he would do for a dog what he would do for a friend : but I never applied this remark to any particular instance ...
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... remember having seen a Dutch sonnet , in which I found this word , roesno- pies . Nobody would at first think that this could be English ; but , when we inquire , we find roes , rose , and nopie , knob ; so we have rosebuds . " 66 ...
... remember having seen a Dutch sonnet , in which I found this word , roesno- pies . Nobody would at first think that this could be English ; but , when we inquire , we find roes , rose , and nopie , knob ; so we have rosebuds . " 66 ...
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... remember Lord Orrery told me , that there was a pamphlet written against Sir Robert Walpole , the whole of which was an allegory on the Phallick Obscenity . The Duchess of Buckingham asked Lord Orrery who this person was ? He answered ...
... remember Lord Orrery told me , that there was a pamphlet written against Sir Robert Walpole , the whole of which was an allegory on the Phallick Obscenity . The Duchess of Buckingham asked Lord Orrery who this person was ? He answered ...
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