The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1Dent, 1949 |
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... Lord Bute told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Lough- borough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit ...
... Lord Bute told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Lough- borough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit ...
Page 326
... Lord Bute some years ago . Now I consider the present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsæ familiæ de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned ...
... Lord Bute some years ago . Now I consider the present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsæ familiæ de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned ...
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... Lord Bute , though a very honourable man , a man who meant well , a man who had his blood full of prerogative , was a theoretical statesman , -a book - minister , and thought this country could be governed by the influence of the Crown ...
... Lord Bute , though a very honourable man , a man who meant well , a man who had his blood full of prerogative , was a theoretical statesman , -a book - minister , and thought this country could be governed by the influence of the Crown ...
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