The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... showed , that a man who has risen in the world , must not be condemned too harshly for being distant to former acquaintance , even though he may have been much obliged to them . It is , no doubt , to be wished that a proper degree of ...
... showed , that a man who has risen in the world , must not be condemned too harshly for being distant to former acquaintance , even though he may have been much obliged to them . It is , no doubt , to be wished that a proper degree of ...
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... showed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , which sir John Pringle had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or " Don't ...
... showed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , which sir John Pringle had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or " Don't ...
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... solenne , appropriated to the Supreme Being . - Boswell . This Mr. Jackson was a barrister , and sat some time in parliament . He died in 1787.-ED. showed both that a journal of his tour upon the ÆTAT . 67. ] 15 DR . JOHNSON .
... solenne , appropriated to the Supreme Being . - Boswell . This Mr. Jackson was a barrister , and sat some time in parliament . He died in 1787.-ED. showed both that a journal of his tour upon the ÆTAT . 67. ] 15 DR . JOHNSON .
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James Boswell. showed both that a journal of his tour upon the continent was not wholly out of his contemplation , and that he uni- formly adhered to that strange opinion which his indolent disposition made him utter , " No man but a ...
James Boswell. showed both that a journal of his tour upon the continent was not wholly out of his contemplation , and that he uni- formly adhered to that strange opinion which his indolent disposition made him utter , " No man but a ...
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... showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Peffer , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the scriveners ' company . I visited him October ...
... showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Peffer , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the scriveners ' company . I visited him October ...
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