The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland, 1787 - 605 sivua |
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... never remember- ed to have enjoyed the ufe of it . It may feem a ridiculous attempt to trace the dawn of his poetical faculty fo far back as to his very infancy ; but the following incident I am compelled to mention , as it is well ...
... never remember- ed to have enjoyed the ufe of it . It may feem a ridiculous attempt to trace the dawn of his poetical faculty fo far back as to his very infancy ; but the following incident I am compelled to mention , as it is well ...
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... never affociated with us in any of our diverfions , except in the winter when the ice was firm , to be drawn along by a boy bare - footed . His ⚫ ambition to excel was great , though his application to books , as far as it appeared ...
... never affociated with us in any of our diverfions , except in the winter when the ice was firm , to be drawn along by a boy bare - footed . His ⚫ ambition to excel was great , though his application to books , as far as it appeared ...
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... never knew him corrected at fchool , unless it was for talking and diverting other boys from their business , by which , perhaps , he might hope to keep his afcendancy . He was uncommonly inquifitive , and his memory fo tenacious , that ...
... never knew him corrected at fchool , unless it was for talking and diverting other boys from their business , by which , perhaps , he might hope to keep his afcendancy . He was uncommonly inquifitive , and his memory fo tenacious , that ...
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... never to • have applied himself to any particular study . A paf- fion for reading was his ruling paffion , and a prodi gious memory his great talent : he read every book almoft indifferently , as they happened to come into his hands ...
... never to • have applied himself to any particular study . A paf- fion for reading was his ruling paffion , and a prodi gious memory his great talent : he read every book almoft indifferently , as they happened to come into his hands ...
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... never after speak of but in terms of the utmoft diflike , and even of ab- horrence . By the middle of June , in the year 1732 , he was able to estimate that flender pittance which devolved to him upon the decease of his father ; the ...
... never after speak of but in terms of the utmoft diflike , and even of ab- horrence . By the middle of June , in the year 1732 , he was able to estimate that flender pittance which devolved to him upon the decease of his father ; the ...
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