The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 141
... doubts of the authenticity of the poems ascribed to Ossian , divested himself of national bigotry ; and having travelled in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland , and also in Ireland , in order to furnish himself with materials for a ...
... doubts of the authenticity of the poems ascribed to Ossian , divested himself of national bigotry ; and having travelled in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland , and also in Ireland , in order to furnish himself with materials for a ...
Page 142
... doubt would be rational , if he did not know by experience that others have a power which he himself wants : but what perspicacity has Mr. Clark which Nature has withheld from me or the rest of mankind ? " The true state of the parallel ...
... doubt would be rational , if he did not know by experience that others have a power which he himself wants : but what perspicacity has Mr. Clark which Nature has withheld from me or the rest of mankind ? " The true state of the parallel ...
Page 149
... complained sadly of the state of his health ; and I have been informed since that he is [ No doubt Miss Palmer , afterwards Lady Thomond , Sir Joshua's niece.- ED . ] Reyn . MSS . Reyn . MSS . worse . I intend to be 1784. - ÆTAT . 75 . 149.
... complained sadly of the state of his health ; and I have been informed since that he is [ No doubt Miss Palmer , afterwards Lady Thomond , Sir Joshua's niece.- ED . ] Reyn . MSS . Reyn . MSS . worse . I intend to be 1784. - ÆTAT . 75 . 149.
Page 150
... doubt not you will approve of my honest zeal . But what monstrous effects of party do we now see ! I am really vexed at the conduct of some of our friends 1 . " Amidst the conflict our friend of Port Elliot is with much propriety ...
... doubt not you will approve of my honest zeal . But what monstrous effects of party do we now see ! I am really vexed at the conduct of some of our friends 1 . " Amidst the conflict our friend of Port Elliot is with much propriety ...
Page 156
... doubt of your readiness to give your advice to a man so eminent , and who , in his Life of Garth , has paid your profession a just and elegant compliment : I believe every man has found in physicians great liberality and dignity of sen ...
... doubt of your readiness to give your advice to a man so eminent , and who , in his Life of Garth , has paid your profession a just and elegant compliment : I believe every man has found in physicians great liberality and dignity of sen ...
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