The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... remarkable , that none of these letters are in the years during which Johnson alone fur- . nished the debates , and one of them is in the very year after he ceased from that labour . Johnson told me , that as soon as he found that the ...
... remarkable , that none of these letters are in the years during which Johnson alone fur- . nished the debates , and one of them is in the very year after he ceased from that labour . Johnson told me , that as soon as he found that the ...
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... remarkable degree accomplished . ” — Hawkins's Life , p . 52. But sir John's notions of gentility must appear some- what ludicrous , from his stating the following circumstance as presumptive evidence that Savage was a good swordsman ...
... remarkable degree accomplished . ” — Hawkins's Life , p . 52. But sir John's notions of gentility must appear some- what ludicrous , from his stating the following circumstance as presumptive evidence that Savage was a good swordsman ...
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... agreement between Johnson and Cave , respecting the Rambler . z Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , 3d . edit . p . 35 . It is remarkable , that in this biographical disquisition there ÆTAT . 35. ] 119 DR . JOHNSON .
... agreement between Johnson and Cave , respecting the Rambler . z Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , 3d . edit . p . 35 . It is remarkable , that in this biographical disquisition there ÆTAT . 35. ] 119 DR . JOHNSON .
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James Boswell. It is remarkable , that in this biographical disquisition there appears a very strong symptom of Johnson's preju- dice against players ; a prejudice which may be attributed to the following causes : first , the ...
James Boswell. It is remarkable , that in this biographical disquisition there appears a very strong symptom of Johnson's preju- dice against players ; a prejudice which may be attributed to the following causes : first , the ...
Page 129
... remarkable , that in this first edition of The Winter's Walk , the concluding line is much more Johnsonian than it was afterwards printed ; for in subsequent editions , after praying Stella to " snatch him to her arms , " he says , And ...
... remarkable , that in this first edition of The Winter's Walk , the concluding line is much more Johnsonian than it was afterwards printed ; for in subsequent editions , after praying Stella to " snatch him to her arms , " he says , And ...
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