The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 111
... given them a moral turn , and to have dexterously adapted them to his own sentiments , where the original had a very different tendency . Thus , in the present instance , ( as Mr. J. Boswell remarked , ) " the author of the poem above ...
... given them a moral turn , and to have dexterously adapted them to his own sentiments , where the original had a very different tendency . Thus , in the present instance , ( as Mr. J. Boswell remarked , ) " the author of the poem above ...
Page 112
... given in Mr. Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides ; where , in consequence of hearing a girl spinning in a chamber over that in which he was sitting , he repeated these lines , which , he said , were written by one Giffard , a ...
... given in Mr. Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides ; where , in consequence of hearing a girl spinning in a chamber over that in which he was sitting , he repeated these lines , which , he said , were written by one Giffard , a ...
Page 117
... given me anxiety and uneasiness ; for although I am conscious that my veneration and love for Mr. John- Dr. Kippis , however , Biograph . Britan . article J. Gilbert Cooper , p . 266 , n . new edit . says , that he " once heard Dr ...
... given me anxiety and uneasiness ; for although I am conscious that my veneration and love for Mr. John- Dr. Kippis , however , Biograph . Britan . article J. Gilbert Cooper , p . 266 , n . new edit . says , that he " once heard Dr ...
Page 122
... given her one . You , sir , may perhaps have an epick poem from some happier pen than , sir , " Your most humble servant , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , February 27 , 1772. " " SAM . JOHNSON . TO DR . JOHNSON . " MY DEAR SIR ...
... given her one . You , sir , may perhaps have an epick poem from some happier pen than , sir , " Your most humble servant , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , February 27 , 1772. " " SAM . JOHNSON . TO DR . JOHNSON . " MY DEAR SIR ...
Page 123
... is held , that men do not recover very fast after threescore . I hope yet to see Beattie's college ; and have not given up the western voyage . But however all ÆTAT . 63. ] 123 DR . JOHNSON . TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. ...
... is held , that men do not recover very fast after threescore . I hope yet to see Beattie's college ; and have not given up the western voyage . But however all ÆTAT . 63. ] 123 DR . JOHNSON . TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. ...
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