The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Том 2G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... learning , had so little allow- ance to make for his occasional " laxity of talk , " that because in the course of discussion he sometimes mentioned what might be said in favour of the peculiar tenets of the Romish church , he went to ...
... learning , had so little allow- ance to make for his occasional " laxity of talk , " that because in the course of discussion he sometimes mentioned what might be said in favour of the peculiar tenets of the Romish church , he went to ...
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... learning : he is a regular scholar ; but her learning is that of a schoolboy in one of the lower forms . " My readers may naturally wish for some repre- sentation of the figures of this couple . Mr. Thrale was tall , well proportioned ...
... learning : he is a regular scholar ; but her learning is that of a schoolboy in one of the lower forms . " My readers may naturally wish for some repre- sentation of the figures of this couple . Mr. Thrale was tall , well proportioned ...
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... learning , and taste ? The amiable simplicity of his life , his warm bene- volence , his indefatigable and successful exertions for civilising and im- proving the parish of which he was minister for upwards of fifty years , entitle him ...
... learning , and taste ? The amiable simplicity of his life , his warm bene- volence , his indefatigable and successful exertions for civilising and im- proving the parish of which he was minister for upwards of fifty years , entitle him ...
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... learning resembled Garrick's acting , in its universality.2 His Majesty then talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seemed to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , " Warburton ...
... learning resembled Garrick's acting , in its universality.2 His Majesty then talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seemed to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , " Warburton ...
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... learning . " There is here , Sir , " said he , " such a pro- gressive emulation . The students are anxious to appear well to their tutors ; the tutors are anxious to have their pupils appear well in the college ; the colleges are ...
... learning . " There is here , Sir , " said he , " such a pro- gressive emulation . The students are anxious to appear well to their tutors ; the tutors are anxious to have their pupils appear well in the college ; the colleges are ...
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Страница 282 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." I argued warmly against the judges trading, and mentioned Hale as an instance of a perfect judge, who devoted himself entirely to his office. JoHNSON : " Hale, Sir, attended to other things beside law : he left a great estate.