The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... learned man . JOHNSON . " Yes , sir , he has a great deal of learning ; but it never lies straight . There is never one idea by the side of another ; ' tis all entangled : and then he drives it so awkwardly upon conversation ! " I ...
... learned man . JOHNSON . " Yes , sir , he has a great deal of learning ; but it never lies straight . There is never one idea by the side of another ; ' tis all entangled : and then he drives it so awkwardly upon conversation ! " I ...
Page 118
... a fallen angel that had learned to lie 1 . External locality has great effects , at least upon all embodied [ " Paradise Lost , " book i . line 254.-ED. ] beings . I hope this little journey will afford me 118 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
... a fallen angel that had learned to lie 1 . External locality has great effects , at least upon all embodied [ " Paradise Lost , " book i . line 254.-ED. ] beings . I hope this little journey will afford me 118 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
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... learned and illustrious friend , Dr. Johnson , labours under at present . " " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " London , 2d March , 1784 . " DEAR SIR , —Presently after I had sent away my last letter , I received your kind medical packet . I ...
... learned and illustrious friend , Dr. Johnson , labours under at present . " " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " London , 2d March , 1784 . " DEAR SIR , —Presently after I had sent away my last letter , I received your kind medical packet . I ...
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... learned and excellent lady , who has been often mentioned in these volumes , died at her house in Clarges - street , Feb. 19 , 1806 , in her eighty - ninth year . MALONE . had you them all to yourself , sir ? " 172 1784. - ETAT . 75 .
... learned and excellent lady , who has been often mentioned in these volumes , died at her house in Clarges - street , Feb. 19 , 1806 , in her eighty - ninth year . MALONE . had you them all to yourself , sir ? " 172 1784. - ETAT . 75 .
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... learned shall at the labour stand , And Douglas lend his soft obstetric hand . " Douglas , a physician of great learning and no less taste ; above all , curious " in what related to Horace ; of whom he collected every edition ...
... learned shall at the labour stand , And Douglas lend his soft obstetric hand . " Douglas , a physician of great learning and no less taste ; above all , curious " in what related to Horace ; of whom he collected every edition ...
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