The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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Page 72
... asked me , whether I was one of those who gave the wall , or those who took it . Now it is fixed that every man keeps to the right ; or , if one is taking the wall , another yields it ; and it is never a dispute * . " * Journal of a ...
... asked me , whether I was one of those who gave the wall , or those who took it . Now it is fixed that every man keeps to the right ; or , if one is taking the wall , another yields it ; and it is never a dispute * . " * Journal of a ...
Page 89
... asked . Pope , without any knowledge of him but from his Lon- don , recommended him to earl Gower , who endeavoured to procure for him a degree from Dublin , by the following letter to a friend of dean Swift . " SIR , Mr. Samuel Johnson ...
... asked . Pope , without any knowledge of him but from his Lon- don , recommended him to earl Gower , who endeavoured to procure for him a degree from Dublin , by the following letter to a friend of dean Swift . " SIR , Mr. Samuel Johnson ...
Page 90
... asked , I am sure your humanity , and propensity to relieve merit in distress , will incline you to serve the poor man , without my adding any more to the trouble I have already given you , than assuring you that I am , with great truth ...
... asked , I am sure your humanity , and propensity to relieve merit in distress , will incline you to serve the poor man , without my adding any more to the trouble I have already given you , than assuring you that I am , with great truth ...
Page 101
... he was of too heroick a spirit not to venture his life and fortune in the cause , when personally asked by him whom he thought his prince . - BOSWELL . court martial , George the second had with his own ÆTAT . 30. ] 101 DR . JOHNSON .
... he was of too heroick a spirit not to venture his life and fortune in the cause , when personally asked by him whom he thought his prince . - BOSWELL . court martial , George the second had with his own ÆTAT . 30. ] 101 DR . JOHNSON .
Page 130
... asked if he had any questions to put to sir Everard Fawkener , who was one of the strongest witnesses against him , he answered , " I only wish him joy of his young wife . " And after sentence of death , in the horrible terms in cases ...
... asked if he had any questions to put to sir Everard Fawkener , who was one of the strongest witnesses against him , he answered , " I only wish him joy of his young wife . " And after sentence of death , in the horrible terms in cases ...
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