The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... late Dr. Rose , of Chiswick , asserted , that he could name one Scotch writer whom Dr. Johnson himself would allow to have written better than any man of the age ; and upon Johnson's asking who it was , answered , " Lord Bute , when he ...
... late Dr. Rose , of Chiswick , asserted , that he could name one Scotch writer whom Dr. Johnson himself would allow to have written better than any man of the age ; and upon Johnson's asking who it was , answered , " Lord Bute , when he ...
Page 57
... late eminent noble judge ' , whom I have heard speak of him as a writer with great respect . Johnson , I know not upon what degree of investigation , entertained no exalted opinion of his lordship's intellectual cha- racter . Talking of ...
... late eminent noble judge ' , whom I have heard speak of him as a writer with great respect . Johnson , I know not upon what degree of investigation , entertained no exalted opinion of his lordship's intellectual cha- racter . Talking of ...
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... late rector of Great Brickhill in Buckinghamshire : " Perhaps no scrap of Latin whatever has been more quoted than this . It occasionally falls even from those who are scrupulous even to pedantry in their Latinity , and will not admit a ...
... late rector of Great Brickhill in Buckinghamshire : " Perhaps no scrap of Latin whatever has been more quoted than this . It occasionally falls even from those who are scrupulous even to pedantry in their Latinity , and will not admit a ...
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... intel- ligible to the meanest capacity . An instance of this was witnessed by Sir Joshua Reynolds , when they were present at an examination of a little blackguard boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster 62 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
... intel- ligible to the meanest capacity . An instance of this was witnessed by Sir Joshua Reynolds , when they were present at an examination of a little blackguard boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster 62 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
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James Boswell John Wilson Croker. boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster justice . Welch , who imagined that he was exalting himself in Dr. Johnson's eyes by using big words , spoke in a manner that was utterly unintelligible ...
James Boswell John Wilson Croker. boy , by Mr. Saunders Welch , the late Westminster justice . Welch , who imagined that he was exalting himself in Dr. Johnson's eyes by using big words , spoke in a manner that was utterly unintelligible ...
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