The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 54
... favour with the king ? " JOHNSON . " Because , sir , I suppose he promised the king to do whatever the king pleased . " He said , " Goldsmith's blundering speech to Lord Shelburne , which has been so often mentioned , and which he ...
... favour with the king ? " JOHNSON . " Because , sir , I suppose he promised the king to do whatever the king pleased . " He said , " Goldsmith's blundering speech to Lord Shelburne , which has been so often mentioned , and which he ...
Page 61
... favour . Sir Joshua Reynolds communicated to me the following particulars : Johnson thought the poems published as trans- lations from Ossian had so little merit , that he said , " Sir , a man might write such stuff for ever , if he ...
... favour . Sir Joshua Reynolds communicated to me the following particulars : Johnson thought the poems published as trans- lations from Ossian had so little merit , that he said , " Sir , a man might write such stuff for ever , if he ...
Page 70
... favoured with two anecdotes . One is not a little to the credit of Johnson's can- dour . Mr. Morgann and he had a dispute pretty late at night , in which Johnson would not give up , though he had the wrong side ; and , in short , both ...
... favoured with two anecdotes . One is not a little to the credit of Johnson's can- dour . Mr. Morgann and he had a dispute pretty late at night , in which Johnson would not give up , though he had the wrong side ; and , in short , both ...
Page 75
... favour , he was pleased to say , " Let me have all the materials you can collect , and I will do it both in Latin and En- glish ; then let it be printed , and copies of it be deposited in various places for security and preserva- tion ...
... favour , he was pleased to say , " Let me have all the materials you can collect , and I will do it both in Latin and En- glish ; then let it be printed , and copies of it be deposited in various places for security and preserva- tion ...
Page 78
... favour of his friends . The truth , how- ever , is that he was remarkable , in an extraordinary degree , for what she denies to him ; and , above all , for this very sort of kindness , writing letters for those to whom his solicitations ...
... favour of his friends . The truth , how- ever , is that he was remarkable , in an extraordinary degree , for what she denies to him ; and , above all , for this very sort of kindness , writing letters for those to whom his solicitations ...
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