The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 30
... gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor % . His ...
... gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jorden , who was to be his tutor % . His ...
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... gave the first impression of that more exten- sive reading in which he had indulged himself . His tutor , Mr. Jorden , fellow of Pembroke , was not , it seems , a man of such abilities as we should conceive re- quisite for the ...
... gave the first impression of that more exten- sive reading in which he had indulged himself . His tutor , Mr. Jorden , fellow of Pembroke , was not , it seems , a man of such abilities as we should conceive re- quisite for the ...
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... gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the muse had come to him in his sleep , and whis- pered , that it did not become him to write on such sub- jects as politicks ; he should confine ...
... gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the muse had come to him in his sleep , and whis- pered , that it did not become him to write on such sub- jects as politicks ; he should confine ...
Page 55
... gave his testimony to their being Dr. Johnson's composition , by a note on the back of the original copy , in the author's own handwriting , in Mr. Malone's possession . As Dr. Turton was born in 1735 , the verses in question must have ...
... gave his testimony to their being Dr. Johnson's composition , by a note on the back of the original copy , in the author's own handwriting , in Mr. Malone's possession . As Dr. Turton was born in 1735 , the verses in question must have ...
Page 56
... gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the instant . She used to repeat them to me , when I asked her for the verses Dr. Johnson gave her on a sprig of myrtle , which he had stolen or begged from her ...
... gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the instant . She used to repeat them to me , when I asked her for the verses Dr. Johnson gave her on a sprig of myrtle , which he had stolen or begged from her ...
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