The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... heard him express great disgust . Johnson had with him upon this jaunt " Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra , " a romance praised by Cervantes ; but did not like it much . He said he read it for the language , by way of preparation for his ...
... heard him express great disgust . Johnson had with him upon this jaunt " Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra , " a romance praised by Cervantes ; but did not like it much . He said he read it for the language , by way of preparation for his ...
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... heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . - I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at Westminster . I cannot say which ...
... heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . - I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at Westminster . I cannot say which ...
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... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and , therefore , would sometimes in ...
... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and , therefore , would sometimes in ...
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... heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in Lord Elibank's com- pany without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said he had come with intention to go ...
... heard Johnson pay his lordship this high compliment : " I never was in Lord Elibank's com- pany without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the afternoon service . Thrale said he had come with intention to go ...
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... heard Johnson repeat - it stamps a value on them . He told us that the book entitled " The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , " was entirely supplied by Mr. Shiels , 1 a Scotchman , one of his 1 In " The Monthly Review " for May ...
... heard Johnson repeat - it stamps a value on them . He told us that the book entitled " The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , " was entirely supplied by Mr. Shiels , 1 a Scotchman , one of his 1 In " The Monthly Review " for May ...
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