 by an honeft and ufeful employment. It is told, that in the art of education he performed wonders; and a formidable lift is given of the authors, Greek and Latin, that were read in Alderfgate-ftreet, by youth between ten and fifteen or fixteen years of...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 23by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
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...frequencyof such phrases as these: 'He is supposed about this time to have written his Arcades' (93); 'It is told that in the art of education he performed wonders' (99); 'His widow ... is said to have reported that he lost two thousand pounds' ([Fix's] emphases)."-... | |
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