Young Samuel JohnsonOxford University Press, 1955 - 367 pages |
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Page 52
... young usher of twenty - four , the Rev. Edward Holbrooke , whom he found to be a " peevish and ill - tempered man " and a sad contrast to Hawkins . To be sure , Sam's friend , John Taylor long afterward called Holbrooke " one of the ...
... young usher of twenty - four , the Rev. Edward Holbrooke , whom he found to be a " peevish and ill - tempered man " and a sad contrast to Hawkins . To be sure , Sam's friend , John Taylor long afterward called Holbrooke " one of the ...
Page 86
... young . Then he added , “ And yet I trust I am no blockhead . I afterward changed the word kill'd into crush'd . ” 26 Chiefly he concentrated on his favourite , Horace . He turned at least three of the odes into English quatrains , and ...
... young . Then he added , “ And yet I trust I am no blockhead . I afterward changed the word kill'd into crush'd . ” 26 Chiefly he concentrated on his favourite , Horace . He turned at least three of the odes into English quatrains , and ...
Page 108
... young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his son . " Johnson loved him at the same time that he despised his want of learning . He told Mrs. Thrale that Jorden would " defend his pupils to the last ; no young lad under his care ...
... young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his son . " Johnson loved him at the same time that he despised his want of learning . He told Mrs. Thrale that Jorden would " defend his pupils to the last ; no young lad under his care ...
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