The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 18
... able to extract or eject . Take this warning ; it is of great importance . " The study of the law is what you very justly term it , copious and generous " ; and in adding your name to its professors , you have done exactly what I always ...
... able to extract or eject . Take this warning ; it is of great importance . " The study of the law is what you very justly term it , copious and generous " ; and in adding your name to its professors , you have done exactly what I always ...
Page 20
... able to produce in poetical composition . We find in Plaut . Rudens , act iii . scene 4 , Nam huic alteræ patria quæ sit profecto nescio . Plautus is , to be sure , an old comick writer ; but in the days of Scipio and Lelius we find ...
... able to produce in poetical composition . We find in Plaut . Rudens , act iii . scene 4 , Nam huic alteræ patria quæ sit profecto nescio . Plautus is , to be sure , an old comick writer ; but in the days of Scipio and Lelius we find ...
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... able to find : but the substance of it is ascertained by a letter to Johnson in answer to it , which Mr. Hervey printed . The occasion of this correspondence between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Hervey , was thus related to me by Mr. Beauclerk ...
... able to find : but the substance of it is ascertained by a letter to Johnson in answer to it , which Mr. Hervey printed . The occasion of this correspondence between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Hervey , was thus related to me by Mr. Beauclerk ...
Page 33
... able to read much , compared with others for instance , he said he had not read much com- pared with Dr. Warburton . Upon which the king said , that he heard Dr. Warburton was a man of such general knowledge , that you could scarce talk ...
... able to read much , compared with others for instance , he said he had not read much com- pared with Dr. Warburton . Upon which the king said , that he heard Dr. Warburton was a man of such general knowledge , that you could scarce talk ...
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... able to detect him . " " I now , " said Johnson to his friends , when relating what had passed , " began to consider that I was depre- ciating this man in the estimation of his sovereign , and thought it was time for me to say something ...
... able to detect him . " " I now , " said Johnson to his friends , when relating what had passed , " began to consider that I was depre- ciating this man in the estimation of his sovereign , and thought it was time for me to say something ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LLD: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ... James Boswell No preview available - 2015 |
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