The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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Page 201
... asked Johnson as to the propriety of sapientiæ consultus . JOHNSON . " Though consultus was primarily an adjective , like amicus it came to be used as a substantive . So we have Juris consultus , a consult in law . " We talked of the ...
... asked Johnson as to the propriety of sapientiæ consultus . JOHNSON . " Though consultus was primarily an adjective , like amicus it came to be used as a substantive . So we have Juris consultus , a consult in law . " We talked of the ...
Page 319
... asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had opposed it , he said , ' Sir , among the anfractuosities of the human mind ...
... asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had opposed it , he said , ' Sir , among the anfractuosities of the human mind ...
Page 320
... asked him , how he liked that paper ; he shook his head , and answered , ' too wordy . ' At another time , when one was reading his tragedy of ' Irene , ' to a company at a house in the country , he left the room and somebody having asked ...
... asked him , how he liked that paper ; he shook his head , and answered , ' too wordy . ' At another time , when one was reading his tragedy of ' Irene , ' to a company at a house in the country , he left the room and somebody having asked ...
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