The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 11
... mentioned Mr. Maclaurin's uneasiness on account of a degree of ridicule carelessly thrown on his deceased father , in Goldsmith's History of Animated Nature , in which that celebrated mathematician is represented as being subject to ...
... mentioned Mr. Maclaurin's uneasiness on account of a degree of ridicule carelessly thrown on his deceased father , in Goldsmith's History of Animated Nature , in which that celebrated mathematician is represented as being subject to ...
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... mentioned that Mr. Beauclerk had said , that Baretti , whom they were to carry with them , would keep them so long in the little towns of his own district , that they would not have time to see Rome . I mentioned this to put them on ...
... mentioned that Mr. Beauclerk had said , that Baretti , whom they were to carry with them , would keep them so long in the little towns of his own district , that they would not have time to see Rome . I mentioned this to put them on ...
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... mentioned a new gaming club , of which Mr. Beau- clerk had given me an account , where the members played to a desperate extent . JOHNSON . " Depend upon it , sir , this is mere talk . Who is ruined by gaming ? You will not find six ...
... mentioned a new gaming club , of which Mr. Beau- clerk had given me an account , where the members played to a desperate extent . JOHNSON . " Depend upon it , sir , this is mere talk . Who is ruined by gaming ? You will not find six ...
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... mentioned that he had been forty years absent from Scotland . " Ah , Boswell ! " said Johnson , smiling , " what would you give to be forty years from Scotland . " I said , " I should not like to be so long absent from the seat of my ...
... mentioned that he had been forty years absent from Scotland . " Ah , Boswell ! " said Johnson , smiling , " what would you give to be forty years from Scotland . " I said , " I should not like to be so long absent from the seat of my ...
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... mentioned Dr. Johnson's having a design to publish an edition of Cowley . Johnson said , he did not know but he should ; and he expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition , under the title of ...
... mentioned Dr. Johnson's having a design to publish an edition of Cowley . Johnson said , he did not know but he should ; and he expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd , for having published a mutilated edition , under the title of ...
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