The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 70
... natural history . " His book is , indeed , an excellent performance , though in some instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence , I suspect had little ...
... natural history . " His book is , indeed , an excellent performance , though in some instances he appears to have trusted too much to Buffon , who , with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence , I suspect had little ...
Page 81
... nature , without taking any leave . It is well if he finds in any other place as good an habitation , and as many conveniencies . He has got five - and - twenty guineas by translating sir Joshua's Discourses into Italian , and Mr ...
... nature , without taking any leave . It is well if he finds in any other place as good an habitation , and as many conveniencies . He has got five - and - twenty guineas by translating sir Joshua's Discourses into Italian , and Mr ...
Page 84
... and it is amazing and vexing that I have allowed so much time to elapse with- out writing to you . But delay is inherent in me , by nature or by bad habit . I waited till I should 84 [ 1777 . THE LIFE OF TO GEORGE STEEVENS, ESQ. ...
... and it is amazing and vexing that I have allowed so much time to elapse with- out writing to you . But delay is inherent in me , by nature or by bad habit . I waited till I should 84 [ 1777 . THE LIFE OF TO GEORGE STEEVENS, ESQ. ...
Page 104
... natural philosophy at Glasgow , at whose house you and I supped , and to whose care Mr. Windham of Norfolk was intrusted at that university , paid me a visit lately ; and after we had talked with indignation and contempt of the ...
... natural philosophy at Glasgow , at whose house you and I supped , and to whose care Mr. Windham of Norfolk was intrusted at that university , paid me a visit lately ; and after we had talked with indignation and contempt of the ...
Page 118
... nature , ) must be attributed to his memory having deceived him ; and therefore has not been disturbed . The verse quoted is the concluding line of a sonnet of Sidney's , of which the earliest copy , I believe , is found in Harrington's ...
... nature , ) must be attributed to his memory having deceived him ; and therefore has not been disturbed . The verse quoted is the concluding line of a sonnet of Sidney's , of which the earliest copy , I believe , is found in Harrington's ...
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