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 ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... expression ; you know it to be true . " Dr. Memis's question is so narrow as to allow no speculation ; and I have no facts before me but those which his advocate has produced against you . " I consulted this morning the President of the ...
... expression ; you know it to be true . " Dr. Memis's question is so narrow as to allow no speculation ; and I have no facts before me but those which his advocate has produced against you . " I consulted this morning the President of the ...
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... expressed : - " There are in that book thoughts , which , by long revolution in the great mind of Johnson , have been formed and polished like pebbles rolled in the ocean ! " That he was to some degree of excess a true - born Englishman ...
... expressed : - " There are in that book thoughts , which , by long revolution in the great mind of Johnson , have been formed and polished like pebbles rolled in the ocean ! " That he was to some degree of excess a true - born Englishman ...
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... expressed himself thus ? And let me add , that , citizen of the world , as I hold myself to be , I have that degree of predilection for my natale solum , nay , I have that just sense of the merit of an ancient nation , which has been ...
... expressed himself thus ? And let me add , that , citizen of the world , as I hold myself to be , I have that degree of predilection for my natale solum , nay , I have that just sense of the merit of an ancient nation , which has been ...
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... expressed to him an appre- hension , that if he should visit Ireland he might treat the people of that country more unfavourably than he had done the Scotch , he answered , with strong pointed double - edged wit , " Sir , you have no ...
... expressed to him an appre- hension , that if he should visit Ireland he might treat the people of that country more unfavourably than he had done the Scotch , he answered , with strong pointed double - edged wit , " Sir , you have no ...
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... expression , for which he was , upon other occasions , so eminent . Positive as- sertion , sarcastical severity , and extravagant ridicule , which he himself reprobated as a test of truth , were united in this rhapsody . That this ...
... expression , for which he was , upon other occasions , so eminent . Positive as- sertion , sarcastical severity , and extravagant ridicule , which he himself reprobated as a test of truth , were united in this rhapsody . That this ...
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