| 1831 - 746 páginas
...sensible man.' " }. " Dr. Johnson had never, by his own account, been a close student, and used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket, to be read at by-times when they had nothing else to do. ' It has been by t^at means,' said he one day to a boy at... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 366 páginas
..." 17. Reading. Mr. Johnson had never, by his own account, been a close student, and used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket, to be read at bye- times, when they had nothing else to do. " It has been by that means," said he to a boy at our... | |
| John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 páginas
...porter?" 17. Reading. Mr. Johnson had never, by his own account, been a close student, and used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket, to be read at bye-times, when they had nothing else to do. " It has been by that means," said he to a boy at our house one day, " that all my knowledge... | |
| 1840 - 440 páginas
...unemployed : if he be a lad of any parts, he will certainly make a sensible man." He used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket, to be read at by-times, when they had nothing else to do. Without carrying a book in the pocket, which may sometimes... | |
| James Boswell - 1843 - 588 páginas
...Johnson had never, by his p.4o^ii .own account, been a close student, and used to advise young peopJe never to be without a book in their pocket, to be read at by-times when they had nothing else to do. " It has been by that means," said he one day to a boy at... | |
| 1846 - 460 páginas
...subject to be mastered in the way of reading and study. That great scholar, Dr. Johnson,,used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket, to read at times when they have nothing else to do. " It has been by that means," he said, " that all... | |
| James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 páginas
...your head would get less muddy.' "* In correspondence with this, the same great scholar used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket, to be read at times when they had nothing else to do. " It has been by that means," said he one day to a boy at Mr.... | |
| James Boswell - 1884 - 534 páginas
...money than porter?" Mr. Johnson had never, by his own account, been a close student, and used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket, to be read at bye-times when they had nothing else to do. " It has been by that means (said he to a boy at our house one day) that all my knowledge... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1884 - 538 páginas
...than porter ?" Mr. Johnson had never, by his own account, been a close student, and used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket, to be read at bye-times when they had nothing else to do. " It has been by that means (said he to a boy at our house one day) that all my knowledge... | |
| Book-lover - 1884 - 530 páginas
...Boswelfs '•Johnson." Mr. Johnson has never, by his own account, been a close student, and used to advise young people never to be without a book in their pocket to read at byetimes, when they had nothing else to do. "It has been by that means," said he to a boy at... | |
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