“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: ...G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men to 1 Bishop Hall , in discussing this subject , has the same image : " Yet so conceive of these heavenly degrees that the least ...
... asked him whether he had ever submitted to it . JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , I never was near enough to great men to 1 Bishop Hall , in discussing this subject , has the same image : " Yet so conceive of these heavenly degrees that the least ...
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... asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . 66 " " " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. Johnson's acquaintance . " I , however , was so much impressed with my first notion , that I ...
... asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . 66 " " " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. Johnson's acquaintance . " I , however , was so much impressed with my first notion , that I ...
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... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The king then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The king then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
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... asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , Warburton has most general , most scholastic learning : Lowth is the more correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . " The king was pleased to say he was of ...
... asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , Warburton has most general , most scholastic learning : Lowth is the more correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . " The king was pleased to say he was of ...
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... asked him if it was well done now . Johnson answered , he had no reason to think that it was . The king then asked him if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom , except the Monthly and Critical Reviews ; and ...
... asked him if it was well done now . Johnson answered , he had no reason to think that it was . The king then asked him if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom , except the Monthly and Critical Reviews ; and ...
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