Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North WalesHarper, 1904 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... never excel . ' I talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You ...
... never excel . ' I talked of the mode adopted by some to rise in the world , by courting great men , and asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men , to court them . You ...
Page 12
... never could advance my curiosity to conviction ; but came away at last only willing to believe . ' See also post , March 24 , 1775. Hume said of the evidence in favour of second - sight : — ' As finite added to finite never approaches a ...
... never could advance my curiosity to conviction ; but came away at last only willing to believe . ' See also post , March 24 , 1775. Hume said of the evidence in favour of second - sight : — ' As finite added to finite never approaches a ...
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... never can know they are right , but must submit themselves to the learned . ' JOHNSON . ' To be sure , Sir . The vulgar are the children of the State , and must be taught like children ' . BOSWELL . Then , Sir , a poor Turk must be a ...
... never can know they are right , but must submit themselves to the learned . ' JOHNSON . ' To be sure , Sir . The vulgar are the children of the State , and must be taught like children ' . BOSWELL . Then , Sir , a poor Turk must be a ...
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... never will be written . ' Piozzi Letters , ii . 183. Baretti noted opposite this in the margin of his copy : ' Johnson was always making Latin or English verses in his mind , but never would write them down . ' ' Burke entered ...
... never will be written . ' Piozzi Letters , ii . 183. Baretti noted opposite this in the margin of his copy : ' Johnson was always making Latin or English verses in his mind , but never would write them down . ' ' Burke entered ...
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... never be able to extract or eject . Take this warning , it is of great importance " . ' The study of the law is what you very justly term it , copious and generous ' ; and in adding your name to its professors , you have done exactly ...
... never be able to extract or eject . Take this warning , it is of great importance " . ' The study of the law is what you very justly term it , copious and generous ' ; and in adding your name to its professors , you have done exactly ...
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