The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... late Lord Lichfield , who was Chancellor of the University of Oxford , he said to Johnson : " What a pity it is , Sir , that you did not follow the profession of the law . You might have been Lord Chancellor of Great Britain , and ...
... late Lord Lichfield , who was Chancellor of the University of Oxford , he said to Johnson : " What a pity it is , Sir , that you did not follow the profession of the law . You might have been Lord Chancellor of Great Britain , and ...
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James Boswell. will you vex me by suggesting this when it is too late ? " But he did not repine at the prosperity of others . The late Dr. Thomas Leland told Mr. Courtenay that , when Mr. Edmund Burke shewed Johnson his fine house and ...
James Boswell. will you vex me by suggesting this when it is too late ? " But he did not repine at the prosperity of others . The late Dr. Thomas Leland told Mr. Courtenay that , when Mr. Edmund Burke shewed Johnson his fine house and ...
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... late Mr. Duncombe , of Canterbury , as a pleasing man . " He used to come to me ; I did not seek much after him . Indeed I never sought much after any body . " BOSWELL : " Lord Orrery , I suppose . " JOHN- SON : " No , Sir ; I never ...
... late Mr. Duncombe , of Canterbury , as a pleasing man . " He used to come to me ; I did not seek much after him . Indeed I never sought much after any body . " BOSWELL : " Lord Orrery , I suppose . " JOHN- SON : " No , Sir ; I never ...
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... late Lord Cathcart , who had spent his life in camps and courts ; yet assured me , that he could form a clear opinion upon most of the causes that came before the House of Lords , " as they were so well enucleated in the cases . ' Mrs ...
... late Lord Cathcart , who had spent his life in camps and courts ; yet assured me , that he could form a clear opinion upon most of the causes that came before the House of Lords , " as they were so well enucleated in the cases . ' Mrs ...
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... late . We resumed Sir Joshua Reynolds's argument on the preceding Sunday , that a man would be virtuous , though he had no other motive than to preserve his character . JOHNSON : " Sir , it is not true : for , as to this world , vice ...
... late . We resumed Sir Joshua Reynolds's argument on the preceding Sunday , that a man would be virtuous , though he had no other motive than to preserve his character . JOHNSON : " Sir , it is not true : for , as to this world , vice ...
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