The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... look again into Hammond . " 30. - Saturday . Visitors , Paradise , and I think Horsley . Read 11 pages of the Bible . I was faint ; dined on herrings and potatoes . At prayers , I think , in the evening . I wrote to [ Mrs. ] Gastrel ...
... look again into Hammond . " 30. - Saturday . Visitors , Paradise , and I think Horsley . Read 11 pages of the Bible . I was faint ; dined on herrings and potatoes . At prayers , I think , in the evening . I wrote to [ Mrs. ] Gastrel ...
Page 41
... look on and laugh when one scholar dedicates to another ? 66 If I had been consulted about this Lexicon of Antiquities while it was yet only a design , I should have recommended rather a division of Hebrew , Greek , and Roman ...
... look on and laugh when one scholar dedicates to another ? 66 If I had been consulted about this Lexicon of Antiquities while it was yet only a design , I should have recommended rather a division of Hebrew , Greek , and Roman ...
Page 52
... , a compensation which is made to them . them look inwards and be satisfied ; recollecting with conscious pride what Virgil finely says of the Corycius Let Senex , and which I have , in another place 52 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
... , a compensation which is made to them . them look inwards and be satisfied ; recollecting with conscious pride what Virgil finely says of the Corycius Let Senex , and which I have , in another place 52 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
Page 61
... look forward to the chance of future favour . Sir Joshua Reynolds communicated to me the following particulars : Johnson thought the poems published as trans- lations from Ossian had so little merit , that he said , " Sir , a man might ...
... look forward to the chance of future favour . Sir Joshua Reynolds communicated to me the following particulars : Johnson thought the poems published as trans- lations from Ossian had so little merit , that he said , " Sir , a man might ...
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... look carefully at it ; you may find some curious piece of coin . " Though a stern true - born Englishman , and fully ... looks like what Mr. Partridge would call a non sequitur ; at least , the Editor does not see how extreme heat and ...
... look carefully at it ; you may find some curious piece of coin . " Though a stern true - born Englishman , and fully ... looks like what Mr. Partridge would call a non sequitur ; at least , the Editor does not see how extreme heat and ...
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