The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page viii
... allowed the phrase , a less graphick work . Neither would he so duly have discharged the legitimate office of biography — a faithful narrative of the sayings and doings of its subject . Besides , he was sanctioned by Johnson himself ...
... allowed the phrase , a less graphick work . Neither would he so duly have discharged the legitimate office of biography — a faithful narrative of the sayings and doings of its subject . Besides , he was sanctioned by Johnson himself ...
Page viii
... allowed the phrase , a less graphick work . Neither would he so duly have discharged the legitimate office of biography - a faithful narra- tive of the sayings and doings of its subject . Besides , he was sanctioned by Johnson himself ...
... allowed the phrase , a less graphick work . Neither would he so duly have discharged the legitimate office of biography - a faithful narra- tive of the sayings and doings of its subject . Besides , he was sanctioned by Johnson himself ...
Page 7
... allow no settled indulgence of idleness upon principle , and always repelled every attempt to urge ex- cuses for it . A friend one day suggested , that it was not wholesome to study soon after dinner . JOHNSON . Ah , sir , don't give ...
... allow no settled indulgence of idleness upon principle , and always repelled every attempt to urge ex- cuses for it . A friend one day suggested , that it was not wholesome to study soon after dinner . JOHNSON . Ah , sir , don't give ...
Page 21
... allowed the extraordinary talents of Mr. Burke , so Mr. Burke was fully sensible of the won- derful powers of Johnson . Mr. Langton recollects having passed an evening with both of them , when Mr. Burke repeatedly entered upon topicks ...
... allowed the extraordinary talents of Mr. Burke , so Mr. Burke was fully sensible of the won- derful powers of Johnson . Mr. Langton recollects having passed an evening with both of them , when Mr. Burke repeatedly entered upon topicks ...
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... allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have.discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemisphere . It is remarked by Johnson , in considering the works of a poeth , that " amendments are seldom made without some ...
... allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have.discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemisphere . It is remarked by Johnson , in considering the works of a poeth , that " amendments are seldom made without some ...
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