The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1900 |
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... written the Dictionary . There would have been many very good judges . Suppose you had been Lord Chancellor ; you would have delivered opinions with more extent of mind , and in a more ornamental manner , than perhaps any Chancellor ...
... written the Dictionary . There would have been many very good judges . Suppose you had been Lord Chancellor ; you would have delivered opinions with more extent of mind , and in a more ornamental manner , than perhaps any Chancellor ...
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... written by Dr. Richard Grey . So to correct him , Taylor said ( imitating his affected sententious emphasis and nod ) , ' Richard . " Mrs. Cholmondeley , in a high flow of spirits , exhibited some lively sallies of hyperbolical ...
... written by Dr. Richard Grey . So to correct him , Taylor said ( imitating his affected sententious emphasis and nod ) , ' Richard . " Mrs. Cholmondeley , in a high flow of spirits , exhibited some lively sallies of hyperbolical ...
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... written and sold to a bookseller , before his Traveller , ' but published after ; so little expectation had the bookseller from it . Had it been sold after The Traveller , ' he might have had twice as much money for it , though sixty ...
... written and sold to a bookseller , before his Traveller , ' but published after ; so little expectation had the bookseller from it . Had it been sold after The Traveller , ' he might have had twice as much money for it , though sixty ...
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... writing , but from the novelty , and the general spirit and gaiety of the piece , which keeps the audience always ... written down in his presence by this friend , who enumerated each article aloud , and had some of them mentioned to ...
... writing , but from the novelty , and the general spirit and gaiety of the piece , which keeps the audience always ... written down in his presence by this friend , who enumerated each article aloud , and had some of them mentioned to ...
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... written before his time . I should like to see a translation of it in poetical prose , like the book of Ruth or Job . " ROBERTSON : " Would you , Dr. Johnson , who are master of the English language , but try your hand upon a part of it ...
... written before his time . I should like to see a translation of it in poetical prose , like the book of Ruth or Job . " ROBERTSON : " Would you , Dr. Johnson , who are master of the English language , but try your hand upon a part of it ...
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