The life of Dr. Samuel JohnsonJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... nature , fo contemned for the mean- nefs of his abilities , that he would oftener rifque the payment of a small fine than attend his lectures ; nor was he ftudious to conceal the reafon of his abfence . Upon occafion of one fuch ...
... nature , fo contemned for the mean- nefs of his abilities , that he would oftener rifque the payment of a small fine than attend his lectures ; nor was he ftudious to conceal the reafon of his abfence . Upon occafion of one fuch ...
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... nature could be faid to have pointed out a profeffion for him , that of the bar feems to have been it in that faculty , his acuteness and pe netration , and above all , his nervous and manly elocu- tion , could scarcely have failed to ...
... nature could be faid to have pointed out a profeffion for him , that of the bar feems to have been it in that faculty , his acuteness and pe netration , and above all , his nervous and manly elocu- tion , could scarcely have failed to ...
18. oldal
... natural temper much as they found it , they begat in his mind thofe fenti- ments of piety which were the rule of his conduct throughout his future life , and made fo confpicuous a part of his character . He could not , at this early ...
... natural temper much as they found it , they begat in his mind thofe fenti- ments of piety which were the rule of his conduct throughout his future life , and made fo confpicuous a part of his character . He could not , at this early ...
20. oldal
... natural to fuppofe , that at his return to Lichfield , he devoted his time to the improvement of them , and that having no call from thence , he continued there till the death of his father , which , as he has noted it , was in the ...
... natural to fuppofe , that at his return to Lichfield , he devoted his time to the improvement of them , and that having no call from thence , he continued there till the death of his father , which , as he has noted it , was in the ...
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... natural history of Abyffinia , and other countries mentioned by the original author . The preface , which bears stronger marks of John- fon's hand than any part of the work , is calculated to attract attention and credit : it commends ...
... natural history of Abyffinia , and other countries mentioned by the original author . The preface , which bears stronger marks of John- fon's hand than any part of the work , is calculated to attract attention and credit : it commends ...
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