The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 207
... sir , there must be a kind of so- lemnity in the manner of a professional man . I have nothing particular to say to you on the subject . All this I should say to any one ; I should have said it to Lord Thurlow twenty years ago . The ...
... sir , there must be a kind of so- lemnity in the manner of a professional man . I have nothing particular to say to you on the subject . All this I should say to any one ; I should have said it to Lord Thurlow twenty years ago . The ...
Page 235
... Lord Thurlow . When I am to meet with him , I should wish to know a day before " . " How he would have prepared himself , I cannot conjecture . Would he have selected certain topicks , and considered them in every view , so as to be in ...
... Lord Thurlow . When I am to meet with him , I should wish to know a day before " . " How he would have prepared himself , I cannot conjecture . Would he have selected certain topicks , and considered them in every view , so as to be in ...
Page 236
... Sir Joshua Reynolds would give all atten- tion to it . [ The following is a copy of this letter : “ MR . BOSWELL TO LORD THURLOW . " General Paoli's , Upper Seymour Street , Portman Square , 24th June , 1784 . " MY LORD , Dr. Samuel ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds would give all atten- tion to it . [ The following is a copy of this letter : “ MR . BOSWELL TO LORD THURLOW . " General Paoli's , Upper Seymour Street , Portman Square , 24th June , 1784 . " MY LORD , Dr. Samuel ...
Page 245
... sir . You were too tedious , and I was too short . " Mr. ***** . " Sir , I ... Lord Chancellor the following letter : " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " SIR , —I ... THURLOW . " This letter gave me very high satisfaction ; I next day went and ...
... sir . You were too tedious , and I was too short . " Mr. ***** . " Sir , I ... Lord Chancellor the following letter : " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " SIR , —I ... THURLOW . " This letter gave me very high satisfaction ; I next day went and ...
Page 262
... Sir Joshua Reynolds I was in- formed , that the lord chancellor had called on him , and acquainted him that the ... Lord Thurlow designedly put it in that form . He was fearful that John- son's high spirit would induce him to reject ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds I was in- formed , that the lord chancellor had called on him , and acquainted him that the ... Lord Thurlow designedly put it in that form . He was fearful that John- son's high spirit would induce him to reject ...
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