Johnsoniana: Robert Anderson. Life of Samuel JohnsonGarland Pub., 1974 |
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Page 53
... instruction by the re- gular gradations and patient industry , prac- tised by men of inferior minds , his Scheme for the classes of a grammar school , given about this period to a relation , and preserved by Mr Boswell † , shews that he ...
... instruction by the re- gular gradations and patient industry , prac- tised by men of inferior minds , his Scheme for the classes of a grammar school , given about this period to a relation , and preserved by Mr Boswell † , shews that he ...
Page 256
... instruction of " a great number of poor ignorant persons , who , in religious matters , had , perhaps , every thing to learn . " * this subject , he has dilated in the Adventurer , No. 126 , with his usual ability . On In the year 1757 ...
... instruction of " a great number of poor ignorant persons , who , in religious matters , had , perhaps , every thing to learn . " * this subject , he has dilated in the Adventurer , No. 126 , with his usual ability . On In the year 1757 ...
Page 263
... instruction by the invention of pleas- ing fictions , and the representation of humo- rous characters ; but he occasionally mingles the decisions of criticism with the delineations of fancy . He still continues his observations on life ...
... instruction by the invention of pleas- ing fictions , and the representation of humo- rous characters ; but he occasionally mingles the decisions of criticism with the delineations of fancy . He still continues his observations on life ...
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