The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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Page 12
... expressed some inclination to publish an account of my travels upon the continent of Europe , for which I had a variety of materials collected . JOHNSON . " I do not say , Sir , you may not publish your travels ; but I give you my ...
... expressed some inclination to publish an account of my travels upon the continent of Europe , for which I had a variety of materials collected . JOHNSON . " I do not say , Sir , you may not publish your travels ; but I give you my ...
Page 24
... expressed a wish to have the arguments for Christianity always in readiness , that my religious faith might be as firm and clear as any proposition whatever ; so that I need not be under the least uneasiness when it should be attacked ...
... expressed a wish to have the arguments for Christianity always in readiness , that my religious faith might be as firm and clear as any proposition whatever ; so that I need not be under the least uneasiness when it should be attacked ...
Page 42
... The anecdote , in passing through the hands of Mr. Knight and Mr. Sydenhnm , may have lost its true date , and acquired something beyond its true expression . - C . STAT . 09 . RECONCILIATION . 43 ill treatment of 42 LITE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... The anecdote , in passing through the hands of Mr. Knight and Mr. Sydenhnm , may have lost its true date , and acquired something beyond its true expression . - C . STAT . 09 . RECONCILIATION . 43 ill treatment of 42 LITE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
Page 44
... expressed ; there is the most warmth without fanati- cism , the most rational transport . There is one part of it which I disapprove , and I'd have him correct it ; which is , that he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the ...
... expressed ; there is the most warmth without fanati- cism , the most rational transport . There is one part of it which I disapprove , and I'd have him correct it ; which is , that he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the ...
Page 47
... expressed much wonder at the curious formation of the bat , a mouse with wings ; saying , that it was almost as strange a thing in phy- siology , as if the fabulous dragon could be seen . son . On Tuesday , May 12 , I waited on the Earl ...
... expressed much wonder at the curious formation of the bat , a mouse with wings ; saying , that it was almost as strange a thing in phy- siology , as if the fabulous dragon could be seen . son . On Tuesday , May 12 , I waited on the Earl ...
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