 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 234 pages
...from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion ; by vigilance that permitted nothing to pass without notice, and a habit of reflection that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 216 pages
...from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion ; by vigilance that permitted nothing to pass without notice, and a habit of reflection that... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 pages
...from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion; by vigilance that permitted nothing to pass without notice, and a habit of reflection that... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1910 - 518 pages
...accidental intelligence and various conversations, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion ; by vigilance that permitted nothing to pass without notice, and a habit of reflection that... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion; by vigilance that permitted nothing to pass without notice, and a habit of reflection that... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pages
...from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion; by vigilance that permitted nothing to pass without notice, and a habit of reflection that... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion; by vigilance that permitted nothing to pass without notice, and a habit of reflection that... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 246 pages
...from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge and a powerful digestion." a Johnson also rises before us in the following passage in the Life of Pope : " When Pope... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 248 pages
...from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge and a powerful digestion." * Johnson also rises before us in the following passage in the Life of Pope : " When Pope... | |
 | William Harris Arnold - 1923 - 426 pages
...from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge; and a powerful digestion; by vigilance that permitted nothing to pass without notice, and a habit of reflection that... | |
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Of him that knows much it is natural to suppose that he has read with diligence; yet I rather believe that the knowledge of Dryden was gleaned from accidental intelligence and various conversation; by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a... 
