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Why , sir , though you may know no science so well as to be able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very capable to make yourself master of ...
Why , sir , though you may know no science so well as to be able to teach it , and no profession so well as to be able to follow it , your general mass of knowledge of books and men renders you very capable to make yourself master of ...
Pagina 12
AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE , " DEAR SIR , -What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one ...
AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE , " DEAR SIR , -What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one ...
Pagina 13
I have seldom indulged more hope of any thing than of being able to im- prove our acquaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the plea- sure with which I should walk to Partneys in a ...
I have seldom indulged more hope of any thing than of being able to im- prove our acquaintance to friendship . Many a time have I placed myself again at Langton , and imagined the plea- sure with which I should walk to Partneys in a ...
Pagina 15
The wonder , with most that hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is consi- dered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or ...
The wonder , with most that hear an account of his economy , will be , how he was able , with such an income , to do so much , especially when it is consi- dered that he paid for every thing he had . He had no land , except the two or ...
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I wrote to him again without being able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had re- ceived a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an advocate , as is the ...
I wrote to him again without being able to move his indolence : nor did I hear from him till he had re- ceived a copy of my inaugural Exercise , or Thesis in Civil Law , which I published at my admission as an advocate , as is the ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 2 James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1791 |
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