Boswell's Life of Johnson, 4. kötetTimes Book Club, 1912 |
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24. oldal
... learned men abroad are in the universities . It is not so with us . Our universities are impoverished of learning by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Oxford , to keep first- rate men ...
... learned men abroad are in the universities . It is not so with us . Our universities are impoverished of learning by the penury of their provisions . I wish there were many places of a thousand a year at Oxford , to keep first- rate men ...
31. oldal
... learned what I know of law chiefly from Mr. Ballow , 2 a very able man . I learned some too from Chambers ; but was not so teachable then . One is not willing to be taught by a young man . ' When I expressed a wish to know more about Mr ...
... learned what I know of law chiefly from Mr. Ballow , 2 a very able man . I learned some too from Chambers ; but was not so teachable then . One is not willing to be taught by a young man . ' When I expressed a wish to know more about Mr ...
32. oldal
... learned from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dictionary itself . I also learned from Dr. Lawrence , but was then grown more stubborn . ' A curious incident happened to ...
... learned from Dr. James , whom I helped in writing the proposals for his Dictionary , and also a little in the Dictionary itself . I also learned from Dr. Lawrence , but was then grown more stubborn . ' A curious incident happened to ...
33. oldal
... learned to play at cards . ' The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument , and therefore would sometimes in conversation main- tain opinions which he was sensible were wrong , but in supporting which ...
... learned to play at cards . ' The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument , and therefore would sometimes in conversation main- tain opinions which he was sensible were wrong , but in supporting which ...
55. oldal
... vention . They have once had religion , which has been gradually debased . And what account of their religion can you suppose to be learned from savages ? Only consider , sir , our own state : our religion ET . 67 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 55.
... vention . They have once had religion , which has been gradually debased . And what account of their religion can you suppose to be learned from savages ? Only consider , sir , our own state : our religion ET . 67 ] LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON 55.
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