The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolatory 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 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 |
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Page 36
... occasion of this correspondence between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Hervey , was thus re- lated to me by Mr. Beauclerk . " Tom Hervey had a great liking for Johnson , and him a legacy of fifty pounds . in his will had left One day he said to me ...
... occasion of this correspondence between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Hervey , was thus re- lated to me by Mr. Beauclerk . " Tom Hervey had a great liking for Johnson , and him a legacy of fifty pounds . in his will had left One day he said to me ...
Page 52
... a North - East Wind indispensably necessary before a stranger can land . The wind , not the stranger , occasions an epidemick cold : If I am not mistaken , Mr. Macaulay is dead , if living , this solution 52 THE LIFE OF.
... a North - East Wind indispensably necessary before a stranger can land . The wind , not the stranger , occasions an epidemick cold : If I am not mistaken , Mr. Macaulay is dead , if living , this solution 52 THE LIFE OF.
Page 56
... , that solid judgement , and that knowledge of human na- ture , for which he was upon all occasions remarkable . Taking care to keep in view the moral and religious Ætat . 59 . duty , as understood in our 56 THE LIFE OF.
... , that solid judgement , and that knowledge of human na- ture , for which he was upon all occasions remarkable . Taking care to keep in view the moral and religious Ætat . 59 . duty , as understood in our 56 THE LIFE OF.
Page 63
... occasion he had very little opportunity of hearing them talk , for with an excess of prudence , for which Johnson afterwards found fault with them , they hardly opened their lips , and that only to say something which they were eertain ...
... occasion he had very little opportunity of hearing them talk , for with an excess of prudence , for which Johnson afterwards found fault with them , they hardly opened their lips , and that only to say something which they were eertain ...
Page 65
... occasion of his talking somewhat too harshly to his friend Dr. Percy , for which , probably , when the first ebullition was over , he felt some compunction , he took an oppor- tunity to give him a hit : so added , with a prepara- 66 " 4 ...
... occasion of his talking somewhat too harshly to his friend Dr. Percy , for which , probably , when the first ebullition was over , he felt some compunction , he took an oppor- tunity to give him a hit : so added , with a prepara- 66 " 4 ...
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