The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 42
... called him , drank his bottle of burgundy , and was exceedingly gay and entertaining . I cannot withhold from my great friend a censure of at least culpable inattention to a nobleman who , it has been shown , behaved to him with ...
... called him , drank his bottle of burgundy , and was exceedingly gay and entertaining . I cannot withhold from my great friend a censure of at least culpable inattention to a nobleman who , it has been shown , behaved to him with ...
Page 50
... called and thought liberty . " A [ favourer of innovation ] lover of contradiction . " Warburton's [ censure ] objections . " His rage [ for liberty ] of patriotism . " Mr. Dyson with [ a zeal ] an ardour of friendship . " In the life ...
... called and thought liberty . " A [ favourer of innovation ] lover of contradiction . " Warburton's [ censure ] objections . " His rage [ for liberty ] of patriotism . " Mr. Dyson with [ a zeal ] an ardour of friendship . " In the life ...
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... called the Augustan age of England ; and that he showed a de- gree of eager curiosity concerning the common occur- rences that were then passing , which appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an ...
... called the Augustan age of England ; and that he showed a de- gree of eager curiosity concerning the common occur- rences that were then passing , which appeared somewhat remarkable in a man of such intellectual stores , of such an ...
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... called for , Johnson made so many alterations and additions , that Nichols printed them in a supplementary volume , for the use of the holders of the preceding editions , and distributed it gratis . — ED . referred to in Johnson's Lives ...
... called for , Johnson made so many alterations and additions , that Nichols printed them in a supplementary volume , for the use of the holders of the preceding editions , and distributed it gratis . — ED . referred to in Johnson's Lives ...
Page 71
... called Athol porridge in the highlands of Scotland , which is a mixture of whisky and honey . John- * London Chronicle , May 2 , 1769. This respectable man is there mentioned to have died on the 3rd of April that year , at Cofflect ...
... called Athol porridge in the highlands of Scotland , which is a mixture of whisky and honey . John- * London Chronicle , May 2 , 1769. This respectable man is there mentioned to have died on the 3rd of April that year , at Cofflect ...
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