The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... formation of Mr. John Nichols , Johnson is said to have applied in 1736 to Mr. Budworth , to be received by him as an assistant in his school in Staffordshire . MALONE . y See Gent Mag . Dec. 1784 , p . 957 . not know whether it was ...
... formation of Mr. John Nichols , Johnson is said to have applied in 1736 to Mr. Budworth , to be received by him as an assistant in his school in Staffordshire . MALONE . y See Gent Mag . Dec. 1784 , p . 957 . not know whether it was ...
Page 57
... formed no cri- minal connexion whatsoever . Mr. Hector , who lived with him in his younger days in the utmost intimacy and social freedom , has assured me , that even at that ardent season his conduct was strictly virtuous in that ...
... formed no cri- minal connexion whatsoever . Mr. Hector , who lived with him in his younger days in the utmost intimacy and social freedom , has assured me , that even at that ardent season his conduct was strictly virtuous in that ...
Page 62
... formation of nouns and verbs , is perfectly mastered , let them learn Corderius by Mr. Clarke , beginning at the same time to translate out of the introduction , that by this means they may learn the syntax . Then let them proceed to ...
... formation of nouns and verbs , is perfectly mastered , let them learn Corderius by Mr. Clarke , beginning at the same time to translate out of the introduction , that by this means they may learn the syntax . Then let them proceed to ...
Page 77
... formed of the letters of their real names , in the manner of what is called anagram , so that they might easily be deci- phered . Parliament then kept the press in a kind of mys- terious awe , which made it necessary to have recourse to ...
... formed of the letters of their real names , in the manner of what is called anagram , so that they might easily be deci- phered . Parliament then kept the press in a kind of mys- terious awe , which made it necessary to have recourse to ...
Page 127
... formed of Warburton's edition of that great poet . It is somewhat curious , that his literary career appears to have been al- most totally suspended in the years 1745 and 1746 , those years which were marked by a civil war in Great ...
... formed of Warburton's edition of that great poet . It is somewhat curious , that his literary career appears to have been al- most totally suspended in the years 1745 and 1746 , those years which were marked by a civil war in Great ...
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