The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 46
... received for telling so many lies from the chair of verity . " I was present at this very extraordinary scene . The person arraigned , and his father and brother , who also had a share both of the reproof from the pulpit and in the ...
... received for telling so many lies from the chair of verity . " I was present at this very extraordinary scene . The person arraigned , and his father and brother , who also had a share both of the reproof from the pulpit and in the ...
Page 52
... received the reproach he complains of . In the last article all the plaintiffs are equally concerned . It struck me also with some wonder , that the judges should the first eight paragraphs on the 10th of May , and the remainder on the ...
... received the reproach he complains of . In the last article all the plaintiffs are equally concerned . It struck me also with some wonder , that the judges should the first eight paragraphs on the 10th of May , and the remainder on the ...
Page 62
... received and fixed archetype to work after , but every one judges of common right , according to the extent and comprehension of his own idea ; therefore he advises to labour and refit old characters and subjects , particularly those ...
... received and fixed archetype to work after , but every one judges of common right , according to the extent and comprehension of his own idea ; therefore he advises to labour and refit old characters and subjects , particularly those ...
Page 67
... received , or even heard a strong expres- sion from him . The following letters concerning an epitaph which he wrote for the monument of Dr. Goldsmith in Westminster abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his ...
... received , or even heard a strong expres- sion from him . The following letters concerning an epitaph which he wrote for the monument of Dr. Goldsmith in Westminster abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected modesty , his ...
Page 70
... received it with much good humourt , and desired sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen , that he would alter the epi- taph in any manner they pleased , as to the sense of it ; This prelate , who was afterwards translated to the see of ...
... received it with much good humourt , and desired sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen , that he would alter the epi- taph in any manner they pleased , as to the sense of it ; This prelate , who was afterwards translated to the see of ...
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