The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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James Boswell. PREFATORY NOTICE . No memoirs were ever perhaps more anxiously expected by the publick , than those of the illustri- ous subject of the following pages ; none have undergone a more rigid criticism ; and few have been ...
James Boswell. PREFATORY NOTICE . No memoirs were ever perhaps more anxiously expected by the publick , than those of the illustri- ous subject of the following pages ; none have undergone a more rigid criticism ; and few have been ...
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... expected , when the gentleman left the room , he observed , ' You see , now , how little any body reads . ' Mr. Langton happening to mention his having read a good deal in Clenardus's Greek Grammar ; ' Why , sir , ' said he , who is ...
... expected , when the gentleman left the room , he observed , ' You see , now , how little any body reads . ' Mr. Langton happening to mention his having read a good deal in Clenardus's Greek Grammar ; ' Why , sir , ' said he , who is ...
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... expected ; and to those who censure him , I would recommend his commentary on Milton's celebrated complaint of his situation , when by the lenity of Charles the second , " a lenity of which , " as Johnson well observes , " the world has ...
... expected ; and to those who censure him , I would recommend his commentary on Milton's celebrated complaint of his situation , when by the lenity of Charles the second , " a lenity of which , " as Johnson well observes , " the world has ...
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... expected , has not hitherto been done at all . He spoke well of Warburton , without insulting those whom Warburton despised . He suppressed not the im- perfections of this extraordinary man , while he endeavoured to do justice to his ...
... expected , has not hitherto been done at all . He spoke well of Warburton , without insulting those whom Warburton despised . He suppressed not the im- perfections of this extraordinary man , while he endeavoured to do justice to his ...
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... expected would be entertained , sat grave and silent for some time ; at last , turning to Beauclerk , he said , by no means in a whisper , " This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive . " Even the dress of a clergyman should be in ...
... expected would be entertained , sat grave and silent for some time ; at last , turning to Beauclerk , he said , by no means in a whisper , " This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive . " Even the dress of a clergyman should be in ...
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