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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the ... - Page 181
by James Boswell - 1835
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...repute there, he could turn an Ode of Horace better than any of them." He afterwards ftudied phyfick at Edinburgh, and upon the Continent; and I have been informed, was enabled to purfue his travels on foot, partly by demanding at Univerfities to enter the lifts as a difputant,...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...celebrity1. He, however, observed to Mr. Malone, that ' though he made no great figure in mathematicks1, which was a study in much repute there, he could turn...English better than any of them.' He afterwards studied physick at Edinburgh, and upon the Continent ; and I have been informed, was enabled to pursue his...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...celebrity'. He, however, observed to Mr. Malone, that ' though he made no great figure in mathematicks'. which was a study in much repute there, he could turn...English better than any of them.' He afterwards studied physick at Edinburgh, and upon the Continent ; and I have been informed, was enabled to pursue his...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...Malone, that " though he made no great figure in mathematicks, which was a study in much repute therej he could turn an Ode of Horace into English better than any of them." He afterwards studied physick "at Edinburgh, and upon the Continent ; and I have been informed, was enabled to pursue his...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...whimsical account of himself, " though he made no great figure in mathematicks, which was a study much in repute there, he could turn an ode of Horace into English better than any of them." On the 27th of February, 1749, OS (two years after the regular time,) he obtained the degree of Bachelor...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...celebrity.' He, however, observed to Mr. Malone, that " though he made no 1763. great figure in mathematicks, which was a study in ^'^ much repute there, he could turn an Ode of Horace 54. into English better than any of them." He afterwards studied physick at Edinburgh, and upon the...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...never made me any return for my endeavours to please them."* He was enabled to pursue his rambles, partly by demanding at Universities to enter the lists...according to the custom of many of them, he was entitled on any display of dexterity to a gratuity in money, a dinner, and a bed for the night. Upon his arrival...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...made no great figure in mathematics, which was'u study in much repute there, he could turn an od« of Horace into English better than any of them." He...which, according to the custom of many of them, he vas entitled to the preminm of a crown, when luckily for him his challenge was not accepted ; so that,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...celebrity.}; He, however, observed to Mr. Malour, that "though he made no great figure in mathematics, which was a study in much repute there, he could turn...Continent: and I have been informed, was enabled to pursne his travels on foot, partly by demanding at Universities to enter the liets as a disputant,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...celebrity.1 He, however, observed to Mr. Malone, that " though he made no great figure in mathematicks, which was a study in much repute there, he could turn...English better than any of them." He afterwards studied physick at Edinburgh, and upon the Continent ; and 1 have been informed, was , enabled to pursue his...
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