The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 |
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Page 78
... Beauclerk replied smartly , ' Because it happened to kill him . ' And either then or a very little afterwards ... Beauclerk , how came you to talk so petulantly to me , as " This is what you don't know , but what I know " ? One thing I ...
... Beauclerk replied smartly , ' Because it happened to kill him . ' And either then or a very little afterwards ... Beauclerk , how came you to talk so petulantly to me , as " This is what you don't know , but what I know " ? One thing I ...
Page 208
... Beauclerk's character in the gay world , should have chosen to have many compositions of that kind . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , you are to consider , that sermons make a considerable branch of English literature ; so that a library must be ...
... Beauclerk's character in the gay world , should have chosen to have many compositions of that kind . JOHNSON . ' Why , Sir , you are to consider , that sermons make a considerable branch of English literature ; so that a library must be ...
Page 269
... Beauclerk had inscribed , Ingenium ingens Inculto latet hoc sub corpore . ' After Mr. Beauclerk's death , when it became Mr. Lang- ton's property , he made the inscription be defaced . Johnson said complacently , ' It was kind in you to ...
... Beauclerk had inscribed , Ingenium ingens Inculto latet hoc sub corpore . ' After Mr. Beauclerk's death , when it became Mr. Lang- ton's property , he made the inscription be defaced . Johnson said complacently , ' It was kind in you to ...
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