The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 1Cowie, 1825 |
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Page viii
... seems to have pursued with a good inclination . His read- ing was always desultory , seldom resting on any particular author , but rambling from one book to another , and , by hasty snatches , hoarding up a variety of knowledge . It may ...
... seems to have pursued with a good inclination . His read- ing was always desultory , seldom resting on any particular author , but rambling from one book to another , and , by hasty snatches , hoarding up a variety of knowledge . It may ...
Page viii
... seems , shewed an early contempt of mean abilities , in one or two instances behaving with insolence to that ... seem will- ing to believe it . He continued at the university till the want of pecuniary supplies obliged him to quit the ...
... seems , shewed an early contempt of mean abilities , in one or two instances behaving with insolence to that ... seem will- ing to believe it . He continued at the university till the want of pecuniary supplies obliged him to quit the ...
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... seems a beautiful plain , is that source of the Nile , which has been sought after at so much expense and labour . This spring , or rather these two springs , are two holes , each about two feet diameter , a stone's cast distant from ...
... seems a beautiful plain , is that source of the Nile , which has been sought after at so much expense and labour . This spring , or rather these two springs , are two holes , each about two feet diameter , a stone's cast distant from ...
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... seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body . His legs and arms are never in the posi- tion which , according to the situation of his body , they ought to be in , but constantly employed in committing acts ...
... seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body . His legs and arms are never in the posi- tion which , according to the situation of his body , they ought to be in , but constantly employed in committing acts ...
Page xxxiv
... seem to describe an accomplice , were they not immediately followed by an express decla- ration , that Johnson was unacquainted with the imposture . Dr. Towers adds , It seems to have been by way of making some compensation to the ...
... seem to describe an accomplice , were they not immediately followed by an express decla- ration , that Johnson was unacquainted with the imposture . Dr. Towers adds , It seems to have been by way of making some compensation to the ...
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