The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 176
... Italian , Spanish , English , Arabick , and Ar- menian , he said he thought it unnecessary to collect many editions of a book , which were all the same , except as to the paper and print ; he would have the original , and all the ...
... Italian , Spanish , English , Arabick , and Ar- menian , he said he thought it unnecessary to collect many editions of a book , which were all the same , except as to the paper and print ; he would have the original , and all the ...
Page 192
... Italy and Ger- many , for all that is known there is known here . I'd send them out of Christendom ; I'd send them among barbarous nations . " [ Miss Adams married , in July , 1788 , Benjamin Hyett , Esq . of Painswiek , Gloucestershire ...
... Italy and Ger- many , for all that is known there is known here . I'd send them out of Christendom ; I'd send them among barbarous nations . " [ Miss Adams married , in July , 1788 , Benjamin Hyett , Esq . of Painswiek , Gloucestershire ...
Page 226
... Italian greyhound lying by the fire , he said , " Shenstone holds amongst poets the same rank your dog holds amongst dogs : he has not the sagacity of the hound , the docility of the spaniel , nor the courage of the bull - dog , yet he ...
... Italian greyhound lying by the fire , he said , " Shenstone holds amongst poets the same rank your dog holds amongst dogs : he has not the sagacity of the hound , the docility of the spaniel , nor the courage of the bull - dog , yet he ...
Page 234
... Italy . This scheme was at last brought to a serious resolution at General Paoli's , where I had often talked of it . One essential matter , how- ever , I understood was necessary to be previously settled , which was obtaining such an ...
... Italy . This scheme was at last brought to a serious resolution at General Paoli's , where I had often talked of it . One essential matter , how- ever , I understood was necessary to be previously settled , which was obtaining such an ...
Page 236
... Italy before winter sets in ; and I know he wishes it much . But the objection is , that his pension of three ... Italian here , to accompany him . " As I am well assured of your lordship's regard for Dr. Johnson , I presume , without ...
... Italy before winter sets in ; and I know he wishes it much . But the objection is , that his pension of three ... Italian here , to accompany him . " As I am well assured of your lordship's regard for Dr. Johnson , I presume , without ...
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