“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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Page 338
... talked of literary journals , mentioned par- ticularly the Journal des Savans , and asked Johnson if it was well done . Johnson said , it was formerly very well done , and gave some account of the persons who began it , and carried it ...
... talked of literary journals , mentioned par- ticularly the Journal des Savans , and asked Johnson if it was well done . Johnson said , it was formerly very well done , and gave some account of the persons who began it , and carried it ...
Page 438
... talked of the notion that blind persons can distinguish colours by the touch . Johnson said , that Professor Sanderson mentions his having attempted to do it , but that he found he was aiming at an impossi- bility ; that to be sure a ...
... talked of the notion that blind persons can distinguish colours by the touch . Johnson said , that Professor Sanderson mentions his having attempted to do it , but that he found he was aiming at an impossi- bility ; that to be sure a ...
Page 487
... talked of it freely . He now seemed very angry that Johnson was going to be a traveller ; said " he would be a dead weight for me to carry , and that I should never be able to lug him along through the Highlands and Hebrides . " Nor ...
... talked of it freely . He now seemed very angry that Johnson was going to be a traveller ; said " he would be a dead weight for me to carry , and that I should never be able to lug him along through the Highlands and Hebrides . " Nor ...
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