The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 136
... praise they deserved was , that they were very well for a gentleman to hand about among his friends . He said the imitation of " Ne sit ancillæ tibi amor , " etc. was too solemn ; he read part of it at the be- ginning . He read the ...
... praise they deserved was , that they were very well for a gentleman to hand about among his friends . He said the imitation of " Ne sit ancillæ tibi amor , " etc. was too solemn ; he read part of it at the be- ginning . He read the ...
Page 138
... praise which never quits us . I said , Dr. Dodd seemed to be willing to die , and full of hopes of happiness . " Sir , " said he , " Dr. Dodd would have given both his hands and both his legs to have lived . The better a man is , the ...
... praise which never quits us . I said , Dr. Dodd seemed to be willing to die , and full of hopes of happiness . " Sir , " said he , " Dr. Dodd would have given both his hands and both his legs to have lived . The better a man is , the ...
Page 144
... praise has been justly given . Let me then now do myself the honour to mention that the lady who made it was the late Margaret Montgomerie , my very valuable wife , and the very affectionate mother of my children , who , if they inherit ...
... praise has been justly given . Let me then now do myself the honour to mention that the lady who made it was the late Margaret Montgomerie , my very valuable wife , and the very affectionate mother of my children , who , if they inherit ...
Page 155
... his censure on Johnson's style , and , on the contrary , praising it highly . But before that time Johnson's Lives of the Poets had appeared , in are not the words I should have used . tators ÆTAT . 68. ] 155 DR . JOHNSON .
... his censure on Johnson's style , and , on the contrary , praising it highly . But before that time Johnson's Lives of the Poets had appeared , in are not the words I should have used . tators ÆTAT . 68. ] 155 DR . JOHNSON .
Page 183
... praise of a Scotch law - book , called Dirleton's Doubts ; " HIS Doubts , " said his lordship , " are better than most people's certainties . " When I said now to Johnson , that I was afraid I kept him too late up , " No , sir , " said ...
... praise of a Scotch law - book , called Dirleton's Doubts ; " HIS Doubts , " said his lordship , " are better than most people's certainties . " When I said now to Johnson , that I was afraid I kept him too late up , " No , sir , " said ...
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