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... diligence , there is no reason for doubting . One part of his method deserves general imitation . He was careful to instruct his scholars in religion . Every Sunday was spent upon theology , of which he dictated a short system ...
... diligence , there is no reason for doubting . One part of his method deserves general imitation . He was careful to instruct his scholars in religion . Every Sunday was spent upon theology , of which he dictated a short system ...
Page 96
... diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted that the faculties are suppressed by a cross wind , or a cloudy sky , the day is given up without resist- ance ; for who can contend with the course of Nature ? From such prepossessions ...
... diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted that the faculties are suppressed by a cross wind , or a cloudy sky , the day is given up without resist- ance ; for who can contend with the course of Nature ? From such prepossessions ...
Page 288
... diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the public was abated , partly by custom , and partly by success . It will not be easy to find , in all the ...
... diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the public was abated , partly by custom , and partly by success . It will not be easy to find , in all the ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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