The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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Page ix
... kind Attachment of his Friends- Extracts from his Miscellaneous Conversation- Rev. Mr. Budworth - Samuel Boyse- " Thuanus " - The Death - bed - Death of Johnson - His Funeral- His various Busts and Portraits - His ' Monument and ...
... kind Attachment of his Friends- Extracts from his Miscellaneous Conversation- Rev. Mr. Budworth - Samuel Boyse- " Thuanus " - The Death - bed - Death of Johnson - His Funeral- His various Busts and Portraits - His ' Monument and ...
Page xii
... kind approbation . Dr. Adams , eminent as the head of a college , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that ...
... kind approbation . Dr. Adams , eminent as the head of a college , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that ...
Page 6
... kind ( His various plumage sporting in the wind ) , That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake the unfinish'd war ? How would the Trojans brand great Hector's name ! And one base action sully all my ...
... kind ( His various plumage sporting in the wind ) , That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake the unfinish'd war ? How would the Trojans brand great Hector's name ! And one base action sully all my ...
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... kind to the unthankful and to the evil . " " Being now again totally unoccupied , he was invited by Mr. Hector to pass some time with him at Birmingham , as his guest , at the house of Mr. Warren , with whom Mr. Hector lodged and ...
... kind to the unthankful and to the evil . " " Being now again totally unoccupied , he was invited by Mr. Hector to pass some time with him at Birmingham , as his guest , at the house of Mr. Warren , with whom Mr. Hector lodged and ...
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... kind , is much to be valued ; and I have ever thought that those who devote themselves to this employment , and do their duty with diligence and success , are entitled to very high respect from the community , as Johnson himself often ...
... kind , is much to be valued ; and I have ever thought that those who devote themselves to this employment , and do their duty with diligence and success , are entitled to very high respect from the community , as Johnson himself often ...
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