The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... , solicitor - general of Scotland . - BOSWELL . Some memoirs of Blair are prefixed to his poem , in the edition of the English Poets , twenty - one volumes octavo , 1810.-ED. empty - headed . " He was indeed a stern 38 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... , solicitor - general of Scotland . - BOSWELL . Some memoirs of Blair are prefixed to his poem , in the edition of the English Poets , twenty - one volumes octavo , 1810.-ED. empty - headed . " He was indeed a stern 38 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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... a term of the Scotch law , which to an English reader may require explanation . To qualify a wrong , is to point out and esta- blish it . - BoSWELL . one another with some asperity in their writings ; yet ÆTAT . 67. ] . 53 DR . JOHNSON .
... a term of the Scotch law , which to an English reader may require explanation . To qualify a wrong , is to point out and esta- blish it . - BoSWELL . one another with some asperity in their writings ; yet ÆTAT . 67. ] . 53 DR . JOHNSON .
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... English ? " Mr. Arthur Lee mentioned some Scotch who had taken possession of a barren part of America , and wondered why they should choose it : JOHNSON . " Why , sir , all barrenness is comparative . The Scotch would not know it to be ...
... English ? " Mr. Arthur Lee mentioned some Scotch who had taken possession of a barren part of America , and wondered why they should choose it : JOHNSON . " Why , sir , all barrenness is comparative . The Scotch would not know it to be ...
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... English provincial town . I turned him loose at Lichfield , my native city , that he might see for once real civility : for you know he lives among savages in Scotland , and among rakes in London . " WILKES . " Except when he is with ...
... English provincial town . I turned him loose at Lichfield , my native city , that he might see for once real civility : for you know he lives among savages in Scotland , and among rakes in London . " WILKES . " Except when he is with ...
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... English , observed to sir Joshua , " I wonder that Joe Warton , a scholar by profession , should be such a fool . " He said too , " I should have thought Mund Burke would have had more sense . ' Mr. Langton , who was one of the company ...
... English , observed to sir Joshua , " I wonder that Joe Warton , a scholar by profession , should be such a fool . " He said too , " I should have thought Mund Burke would have had more sense . ' Mr. Langton , who was one of the company ...
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