The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary 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 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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Page 38
... look forward with delight to this futurity of Whig- gism . " How it ended I know not , as it is cut off abruptly at ... looks , ap- peared to me to impress him much . One was , " A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , occasioned by his late ...
... look forward with delight to this futurity of Whig- gism . " How it ended I know not , as it is cut off abruptly at ... looks , ap- peared to me to impress him much . One was , " A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , occasioned by his late ...
Page 58
... look , “ Ah ! poor George the Second . " I mentioned that Dr. Thomas Campbell had come from Ireland to London , principally to see Dr. Johnson . He seemed angry at this observation . DAVIES . 66 Why , you know , sir , there came a man ...
... look , “ Ah ! poor George the Second . " I mentioned that Dr. Thomas Campbell had come from Ireland to London , principally to see Dr. Johnson . He seemed angry at this observation . DAVIES . 66 Why , you know , sir , there came a man ...
Page 61
... look for what the Classicks have said of • I [ Speaking of Addison's Remarks on Italy in " The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " ( p . 320 , 3d edit . ) he says , " it is a tedious book , and if it were not attached to Addison's ...
... look for what the Classicks have said of • I [ Speaking of Addison's Remarks on Italy in " The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " ( p . 320 , 3d edit . ) he says , " it is a tedious book , and if it were not attached to Addison's ...
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... look upon myself as a good humoured fellow . " The epithet fel- low , applied to the great Lexicographer , the stately Moralist , the masterly Critick , as if he had been Sam Johnson , a mere pleasant companion , was highly divert- ing ...
... look upon myself as a good humoured fellow . " The epithet fel- low , applied to the great Lexicographer , the stately Moralist , the masterly Critick , as if he had been Sam Johnson , a mere pleasant companion , was highly divert- ing ...
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... look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for con- test , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowl- edge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves , or we ...
... look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for con- test , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowl- edge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves , or we ...
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