The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 1Cowie, 1825 |
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... perhaps as valuable as the moral doc- trine that speaks with energy in every page of his works . The present writer enjoyed the conversation and friend- ship of that excellent man more than thirty years . He thought it an honour to be ...
... perhaps as valuable as the moral doc- trine that speaks with energy in every page of his works . The present writer enjoyed the conversation and friend- ship of that excellent man more than thirty years . He thought it an honour to be ...
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... Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a short , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate , history of Dr. Johnson . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , Septem- ber 7 , 1709 , O. S. His father , Michael Johnson , was a bookseller in ...
... Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a short , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate , history of Dr. Johnson . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , Septem- ber 7 , 1709 , O. S. His father , Michael Johnson , was a bookseller in ...
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... perhaps , never wished for ; while the man of general knowledge can often benefit , and always please . " The advice Johnson seems to have pursued with a good inclination . His read- ing was always desultory , seldom resting on any ...
... perhaps , never wished for ; while the man of general knowledge can often benefit , and always please . " The advice Johnson seems to have pursued with a good inclination . His read- ing was always desultory , seldom resting on any ...
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... perhaps , because it was stopped by roots , the whole place being full of trees . A line ten feet did not reach the bottom of the other . These springs are supposed by the Abyssins to be the vents of a great subterraneous lake . At a ...
... perhaps , because it was stopped by roots , the whole place being full of trees . A line ten feet did not reach the bottom of the other . These springs are supposed by the Abyssins to be the vents of a great subterraneous lake . At a ...
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... which he has described ? Mr. Bruce's pool of water may have been formed since ; and Lobo , perhaps , was content to sit down without a bench . d noise that may be heard at a considerable distance : GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . xi.
... which he has described ? Mr. Bruce's pool of water may have been formed since ; and Lobo , perhaps , was content to sit down without a bench . d noise that may be heard at a considerable distance : GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . xi.
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