The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, ... By James Boswell, Esq, Volume 3H. Baldwin and Son, 1799 |
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... true ; for they have nothing good enough to keep a man of eminent learning with them for his life . In the foreign Uni- versities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost as a man can make by his learning ; and therefore ...
... true ; for they have nothing good enough to keep a man of eminent learning with them for his life . In the foreign Uni- versities a professorship is a high thing . It is as much almost as a man can make by his learning ; and therefore ...
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... true , in every material circum- stance : -Shiels was the principal collector and digester of the mate- rials for the work : but as he was very raw in authourship , an in- different writer in prose , and his language full of Scotticisms ...
... true , in every material circum- stance : -Shiels was the principal collector and digester of the mate- rials for the work : but as he was very raw in authourship , an in- different writer in prose , and his language full of Scotticisms ...
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... true , you have now shortened Mrs. Thrale's life , perhaps , some minutes , by accele- rating her pulsation . " " On Thursday , April 11 , I dined with him at General Paoli's , in whose house I now resided , and where I had ever ...
... true , you have now shortened Mrs. Thrale's life , perhaps , some minutes , by accele- rating her pulsation . " " On Thursday , April 11 , I dined with him at General Paoli's , in whose house I now resided , and where I had ever ...
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... true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is such a cloud of words sometimes , that the sense can hardly peep through . Shiels , who compiled Cibber's Lives of the Poets , " was one day ...
... true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is such a cloud of words sometimes , that the sense can hardly peep through . Shiels , who compiled Cibber's Lives of the Poets , " was one day ...
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... true of some particular man . " Sir William Forbes said , " Might , not a man warmed with wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire " Nay , ( said Johnson , laughing , ) I cannot answer that ...
... true of some particular man . " Sir William Forbes said , " Might , not a man warmed with wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire " Nay , ( said Johnson , laughing , ) I cannot answer that ...
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