Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His LifeT. and J. Allman, 1826 - 237 oldal |
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... truth . If Johnson then lamented that so little had ever been said about Butler , I might with more reason be led to complain that so much has been said about himself ; for numberless informers but distract or cloud information , as ...
... truth . If Johnson then lamented that so little had ever been said about Butler , I might with more reason be led to complain that so much has been said about himself ; for numberless informers but distract or cloud information , as ...
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... truth of revelation ; and at length recol- lecting a book he had once seen in his father's shop , entitled , De Veritate Religionis , & c . he be- gan to think himself highly culpable for neg- lecting such a means of information , and ...
... truth of revelation ; and at length recol- lecting a book he had once seen in his father's shop , entitled , De Veritate Religionis , & c . he be- gan to think himself highly culpable for neg- lecting such a means of information , and ...
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... gathered from Dr. Adams and Dr. Taylor , and that he was sure they would always tell the truth . He told me how- ever one day , when he was first entered at the university , he passed a morning , in compliance with 22 ANECDOTES OF.
... gathered from Dr. Adams and Dr. Taylor , and that he was sure they would always tell the truth . He told me how- ever one day , when he was first entered at the university , he passed a morning , in compliance with 22 ANECDOTES OF.
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... truth , would make the book useless to all , and injurious to my character . " Oh ! as to that , said I , we should all fasten up- on him , and force him to do you justice ; but the worst is , the doctor does not know your life ; nor ...
... truth , would make the book useless to all , and injurious to my character . " Oh ! as to that , said I , we should all fasten up- on him , and force him to do you justice ; but the worst is , the doctor does not know your life ; nor ...
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... truths in his Lives of the later Poets , what may I not apprehend , who , if I relate anecdotes of Mr. Johnson , am obliged to repeat expressions of severity , and sentences of contempt ? Let me at least soften them a little , by saying ...
... truths in his Lives of the later Poets , what may I not apprehend , who , if I relate anecdotes of Mr. Johnson , am obliged to repeat expressions of severity , and sentences of contempt ? Let me at least soften them a little , by saying ...
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