| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 280 pages
...that though " our author had daily about him one " or other to read, fome perfons of man's " eftate, who, of their own accord, " greedily catched at the...benefit of what they " read to him, as oblige him by the be'.' nefit of their reading ; and others of " younger years were fertt by their pa" rents to the fame... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 302 pages
...other to read, fome perfons of man's " eftate, who, of their own accord, " greedily catched at th« opportunity " of being his readers, that they might *' as well reap the benefit of what they MILTON, izi '' read to him, is oblige him by the be'.' nefit of-their reading4 -*nd others of "younger... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...that though our ** author had daily about him one or other " to read, fome perfons of man's eftate, "who, of their own accord, greedily catched ** at...read to him, as oblige him by ** the benefit of their reading ; and others of " younger years were fent by their parents to <* the fame end : yet excufing... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...that though our author had ** daily about him one or other to read, fome perfons " of man's eftate, who, of their own accord, greedily " catched at the...were fent by their " parents to the fame end : yet excufing only the " ejdeft daughter, by reafon of her bodily infirmity, " and difficult utterance of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...daily about him one or other to read, fome " perfons of man's eftate, who, of their own ae*' cord, greedily catched at the opportunity of being " his readers, that they might as well reap the bene" fit of what they read to him, as oblige him by the *' benefit of their reading; and others of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...that though our au" thor had daily about him one or other to " read, fome perfons of man's eftate, who, of " their own accord, greedily catched at the...they " might as well reap the benefit of what they 'c read to him, as oblige him by the benefit of " their reading; and others of younger years " were... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...about him one c *«• other to read, some person of man's estate, who, of their own accord, greedil " catched at the opportunity of being his readers, that they might as well reaj " the benefit of what they read to him, as oblige him by the benefit of thel 4< reading ; and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
..."that though our Author " had daily about him one or other to read, fome " perfons of man's eftate, who, of their own accord, ** greedily catched at the...read to him, as oblige him by the " benefit of their reading ; and others of younger " years were fent by their parents to the fame end ; " yet excufing... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...us, " that though our author had daily about him one or " other to read, some person of man's estate, who, of their own accord, greedily " catched at the...read to him, as oblige him by the benefit of their " reading ; and others of younger years were sent by their parents to the same end 4 *' end ; yer.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pages
...that though our Author V had daily about him one or other to read, fome ** perfons of man's eftate, who, of their own accord, " greedily catched at the...read to him, as oblige him by the ** benefit of their reading ; and others of younger " years were fent by their parents to the fame end ; " yet excufing... | |
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