The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... write , may venture to suppose himself properly qualified ; and , since every man is inclined to think well of his ... writer is a perfect knowl- edge of the subject which he undertakes to treat ; since we cannot teach what we do not ...
... write , may venture to suppose himself properly qualified ; and , since every man is inclined to think well of his ... writer is a perfect knowl- edge of the subject which he undertakes to treat ; since we cannot teach what we do not ...
Pagina 174
... writes lies at home for his own profit . To these compositions is required neither genius nor knowledge , neither ... write letters from Amsterdam or Dresden to himself . In a time of war the nation is always of one mind , eager to ...
... writes lies at home for his own profit . To these compositions is required neither genius nor knowledge , neither ... write letters from Amsterdam or Dresden to himself . In a time of war the nation is always of one mind , eager to ...
Pagina 271
... write , and as I finished any section of my book , read it to such of my friends , as were most skilful in the matter which it treated . None of them were satisfied ; one disliked the dis- position of the parts , another the colours of ...
... write , and as I finished any section of my book , read it to such of my friends , as were most skilful in the matter which it treated . None of them were satisfied ; one disliked the dis- position of the parts , another the colours of ...
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NO PAGE 111 The pleasures and advantages of industry | 1 |
The itch of writing universal | 7 |
The folly of creating artificial wants | 14 |
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