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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... means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it ...
... means as simply unconscious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenour of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange imputation . But it ...
Page xiii
... means many errors of the press were corrected.- Several new notes and some letters were added ; and the Index much extended . - work . After Boswell's death , Malone brought out the third and subsequent editions , up to the sixth ...
... means many errors of the press were corrected.- Several new notes and some letters were added ; and the Index much extended . - work . After Boswell's death , Malone brought out the third and subsequent editions , up to the sixth ...
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... means of the rod . * " I would rather , " said he , " have the rod to be the general terror to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod ...
... means of the rod . * " I would rather , " said he , " have the rod to be the general terror to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod ...
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... means to have him introduced to Mr. Jor- den , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor , reminds us of what Wood says of Robert Burton , author of the " Anatomy of Melancholy , " when elected student of Christ- church ...
... means to have him introduced to Mr. Jor- den , who was to be his tutor . His being put under any tutor , reminds us of what Wood says of Robert Burton , author of the " Anatomy of Melancholy , " when elected student of Christ- church ...
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... means surprising that those who wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the oppression , and distraction of a disease , which ...
... means surprising that those who wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this circumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggravation . Amidst the oppression , and distraction of a disease , which ...
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