“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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Page 162
... tell him , it was not in the Virgilian style . that his first tutor was dead ; for whom he seemed to retain the greatest regard . He said , ' I once had been a whole morning sliding in Christ - Church meadows , and missed his lecture in ...
... tell him , it was not in the Virgilian style . that his first tutor was dead ; for whom he seemed to retain the greatest regard . He said , ' I once had been a whole morning sliding in Christ - Church meadows , and missed his lecture in ...
Page 451
... tell you how little I have to 1 Now Doctor White , and Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania . During his first visit to England in 1771 , as a candidate for holy orders , he was several times in com- pany with Dr. Johnson ...
... tell you how little I have to 1 Now Doctor White , and Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania . During his first visit to England in 1771 , as a candidate for holy orders , he was several times in com- pany with Dr. Johnson ...
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... tell your whole mind to Lord Hailes ? He is , you know , both a Christian and a Lawyer . I suppose he is above partiality , and above loquacity ; and , I believe , he will not think the time lost in which he may quiet a disturbed , or ...
... tell your whole mind to Lord Hailes ? He is , you know , both a Christian and a Lawyer . I suppose he is above partiality , and above loquacity ; and , I believe , he will not think the time lost in which he may quiet a disturbed , or ...
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