The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very ca- pable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any profession . " I ...
... able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very ca- pable to make yourself master of any science , or fit yourself for any profession . " I ...
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... able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself en- titled to the privilege of complaint . " I should have known nothing of you or of Langton , from the time that dear Miss Langton left us , had not I ...
... able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself en- titled to the privilege of complaint . " I should have known nothing of you or of Langton , from the time that dear Miss Langton left us , had not I ...
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... able to improve our acquaintance to friend- ship . Many a time have I placed myself again at [ Samuel Dyer , Esq . a most learned and ingenious Member of the LITERARY CLUB , for whose understanding and attainments Dr. Johnson had great ...
... able to improve our acquaintance to friend- ship . Many a time have I placed myself again at [ Samuel Dyer , Esq . a most learned and ingenious Member of the LITERARY CLUB , for whose understanding and attainments Dr. Johnson had great ...
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... able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had ; he had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing ...
... able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is considered that he paid for every thing he had ; he had no land , except the two or three small fields which I have said he rented ; and , instead of gaining any thing ...
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... able to do when the actual want came ; in consequence of which method , he had a considerable supply of Recessary articles lying by him , beside what was in use . " But the main particular that seems to have enabled him to do so much ...
... able to do when the actual want came ; in consequence of which method , he had a considerable supply of Recessary articles lying by him , beside what was in use . " But the main particular that seems to have enabled him to do so much ...
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