...the Universities, where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors: ng or a funeral; And this hath now his heart, And...Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, That a man in Mr. Michael Johnson's circumstances should think of sending his son to the expensive...

...son of a poor bookseller. He went up to Pembroke College, Oxford, and was told by the Master that he was "the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come there". But for want of means: because of poverty he had to leave the university without taking a degree. At...

...any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford, Dr Adams told me I was the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come there *." He had already given several proofs of his poetical genius, both in his school exercises and in other...

...they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors." Indeed, he boasted: "When I came to Oxford, Dr Adams, now master of Pembroke...the university that he had ever known come there." Consequently, it was no surprise that he should have been disappointed in the teaching staff. Of his...

...the Universities, where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors; so that when I came to Oxford, Dr. Adams, now master...the University that he had ever known come there.' 5 The shift to Johnson's own voice, and his insistence on the "manly" nature of his youthful reading,...

...the Universities, where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors; so that when I came to Oxford, Dr. Adams, now master...qualified for the University that he had ever known come there.'5 The shift to Johnson's own voice, and his insistence on the "manly" nature of his youthful...

...books but what are put into their hands by their tutors; so that when I came to Oxford, Dr Adams," master of Pembroke College, told me, I was the best...the University that he had ever known come there.' In estimating the progress of his mind during these two years, as well as in future periods of his...

...the Universities, where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors; so that when I came to Oxford, Dr. Adams, now master...the University that he had ever known come there." In estimating the progress of his mind during these two years, as well as in future periods of his...

...Lichfield Cathedral and Archdeacon of Salop. When Johnson first entered the College Adams told him that he was the best qualified for the University that he had ever known come there. But his reading at Oxford, as all through his life, was desultory and fitful. He gorged half a book...