The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 5C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... Lusiad , had a dispute of considerable length with Johnson , who , as usual , declaimed upon the misery and corruption of a sea life , and used this ex- pression " It had been happy for the world , sir , if your hero Gama , Prince Henry ...
... Lusiad , had a dispute of considerable length with Johnson , who , as usual , declaimed upon the misery and corruption of a sea life , and used this ex- pression " It had been happy for the world , sir , if your hero Gama , Prince Henry ...
Page 120
... Lusiad was published , I waited on Dr. Johnson , who addressed me with one of his good - humoured smiles : — ' Well , you have remembered our dispute about Prince Henry , and have cited me too . You have done your part very well indeed ...
... Lusiad was published , I waited on Dr. Johnson , who addressed me with one of his good - humoured smiles : — ' Well , you have remembered our dispute about Prince Henry , and have cited me too . You have done your part very well indeed ...
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... Lusiad , " at Wheatley , a very pretty country place a few miles from Oxford ; and on the other with Dr. Wetherell , Master of Uni- versity College . From Dr. Wetherell's he went to visit Mr. Sackville Parker , the bookseller ; and when ...
... Lusiad , " at Wheatley , a very pretty country place a few miles from Oxford ; and on the other with Dr. Wetherell , Master of Uni- versity College . From Dr. Wetherell's he went to visit Mr. Sackville Parker , the bookseller ; and when ...
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... Lusiad , ' v . 173 . Middle state of souls , ii . 169 , 221 . Millar , Andrew , i . 204 . Miller , Lady , iii . 54 . Milne , Mr. the architect , defended , i . 255 . Milner , Rev. Mr. his defence of the Methodists , ii . 54 , n . Milton ...
... Lusiad , ' v . 173 . Middle state of souls , ii . 169 , 221 . Millar , Andrew , i . 204 . Miller , Lady , iii . 54 . Milne , Mr. the architect , defended , i . 255 . Milner , Rev. Mr. his defence of the Methodists , ii . 54 , n . Milton ...
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