The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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Page 53
... expected to take effect when fired off . " In walking among the tents , and observing the difference between those of the officers and private men , he said , that the superiority of accommodation of the better conditions of life to ...
... expected to take effect when fired off . " In walking among the tents , and observing the difference between those of the officers and private men , he said , that the superiority of accommodation of the better conditions of life to ...
Page 63
... expected to be attacked on account of his " Lives of the Poets . " " However , " said he , " I would rather be attacked than unnoticed . For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works . An assault upon a ...
... expected to be attacked on account of his " Lives of the Poets . " " However , " said he , " I would rather be attacked than unnoticed . For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works . An assault upon a ...
Page 79
... expected to have heard from you when you came home ; I expected afterwards . I went into the country and returned , and yet there is no letter from Mr. Boswell . No ill I hope has happened ; and if ill should happen , why should it be ...
... expected to have heard from you when you came home ; I expected afterwards . I went into the country and returned , and yet there is no letter from Mr. Boswell . No ill I hope has happened ; and if ill should happen , why should it be ...
Page 100
... expected . He has left his children to the care of Lady Di , and if she dies , of Mr. Langton , and of Mr. Leicester , his relation , and a man of good character . His library has been offered to sale to the Russian ambassador.1 " Dr ...
... expected . He has left his children to the care of Lady Di , and if she dies , of Mr. Langton , and of Mr. Leicester , his relation , and a man of good character . His library has been offered to sale to the Russian ambassador.1 " Dr ...
Page 101
... expected we should have pleased each other ; he is , however , just Tory enough to hate the Bishop of Peterborough [ Dr. John Hinchliffe ] for Whiggism , and Whig enough to abhor you for Toryism . " Mrs. Montagu flattered him finely ...
... expected we should have pleased each other ; he is , however , just Tory enough to hate the Bishop of Peterborough [ Dr. John Hinchliffe ] for Whiggism , and Whig enough to abhor you for Toryism . " Mrs. Montagu flattered him finely ...
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