The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 25
... English . " This speculation may , perhaps , be thought more subtle than the grossness of real life will easily admit . Let it , however , be remembered , that the efficacy of ignorance ETAT . 57. ] 25 DR . JOHNSON .
... English . " This speculation may , perhaps , be thought more subtle than the grossness of real life will easily admit . Let it , however , be remembered , that the efficacy of ignorance ETAT . 57. ] 25 DR . JOHNSON .
Page 65
... English , and under- stood one another very well , with a little aid of interpre- tation from me , in which I compared myself to an isthmus which joins two great continents . Upon Johnson's ap- VOL . II . F proach , the general said ...
... English , and under- stood one another very well , with a little aid of interpre- tation from me , in which I compared myself to an isthmus which joins two great continents . Upon Johnson's ap- VOL . II . F proach , the general said ...
Page 72
... published at Edinburgh in folio , 1719. See Percy's Re- liques of ancient English Poetry , vol . ii . p . 96. 111 , 4th edit . - MALONE . obvious nature may be exhibited with very little power of 72 [ 1769 . THE LIFE OF.
... published at Edinburgh in folio , 1719. See Percy's Re- liques of ancient English Poetry , vol . ii . p . 96. 111 , 4th edit . - MALONE . obvious nature may be exhibited with very little power of 72 [ 1769 . THE LIFE OF.
Page 75
... for years was at the university of Oxford : -a man who has added sixteen new characters to the English drama of his country ! " - Boswell . " I suppose , sir , he has thought superficially ÆTAT . 60. ] 75 DR . JOHNSON .
... for years was at the university of Oxford : -a man who has added sixteen new characters to the English drama of his country ! " - Boswell . " I suppose , sir , he has thought superficially ÆTAT . 60. ] 75 DR . JOHNSON .
Page 83
... English church admit . May the church's friends never narrow them ! The day of her diminished influence will then be approaching . - Ed . moral government . His supposed orthodoxy here cramped the vigorous G 2 ÆTAT . 60. ] 83 DR ...
... English church admit . May the church's friends never narrow them ! The day of her diminished influence will then be approaching . - Ed . moral government . His supposed orthodoxy here cramped the vigorous G 2 ÆTAT . 60. ] 83 DR ...
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