The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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Page 198
... expect , for I never had a patron before . " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love , and found him a native of the rocks . 66 Is not a patron , my lord , one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in ...
... expect , for I never had a patron before . " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love , and found him a native of the rocks . 66 Is not a patron , my lord , one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in ...
Page 217
... expect you at London , that we may consider what to do next . I intend in the winter to open a Bibliothéque , and remember , that you are to subscribe a sheet a year : let us try , likewise , if we cannot persuade your brother to ...
... expect you at London , that we may consider what to do next . I intend in the winter to open a Bibliothéque , and remember , that you are to subscribe a sheet a year : let us try , likewise , if we cannot persuade your brother to ...
Page 221
... expecting that the work would be completed within the time which Johnson had sanguinely supposed , the learned author was often goaded to despatch , more especially as he had re- ceived all the copy money , by different drafts , a ...
... expecting that the work would be completed within the time which Johnson had sanguinely supposed , the learned author was often goaded to despatch , more especially as he had re- ceived all the copy money , by different drafts , a ...
Page 224
... expect me at Oxford , and have not been able to fix a time . This time however is , I think , at last come ; and I promise my- self to repose in Kettel Hall , one of the first nights of the next week . I am afraid my stay with you ...
... expect me at Oxford , and have not been able to fix a time . This time however is , I think , at last come ; and I promise my- self to repose in Kettel Hall , one of the first nights of the next week . I am afraid my stay with you ...
Page 242
... expect that Johnson's numerous friends would patiently bear to have the memory of their master stigmatised by no mean pen , but that , at least , one would be found to retort . Accordingly , this unjust and sarcastick epitaph was met in ...
... expect that Johnson's numerous friends would patiently bear to have the memory of their master stigmatised by no mean pen , but that , at least , one would be found to retort . Accordingly , this unjust and sarcastick epitaph was met in ...
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