The Life of Samuel JohnsonModern Library, 1965 - 559 pagina's |
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Pagina 124
... learning . ' Johnson . ' Why , Sir , that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance , this boy rows us as well without learning , as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts , who were ...
... learning . ' Johnson . ' Why , Sir , that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance , this boy rows us as well without learning , as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts , who were ...
Pagina 257
... learning of the Scotch ; ―Their learning is like bread in a besieged town : every man gets a little , but no man gets a full meal . ' ' There is ( said he , ) in Scotland a diffusion of learning , a certain portion of it widely and ...
... learning of the Scotch ; ―Their learning is like bread in a besieged town : every man gets a little , but no man gets a full meal . ' ' There is ( said he , ) in Scotland a diffusion of learning , a certain portion of it widely and ...
Pagina 297
... learning ; and therefore we find the most 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 thou ...
... learning ; and therefore we find the most 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 thou ...
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