The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 95
... honour to the English press ; and a concise account of the life of each author , by Dr. Johnson , will be a very valuable ad- dition , and stamp the reputation of this edition superiour to any thing that is gone before . The first cause ...
... honour to the English press ; and a concise account of the life of each author , by Dr. Johnson , will be a very valuable ad- dition , and stamp the reputation of this edition superiour to any thing that is gone before . The first cause ...
Page 98
... honours and rewards ; and only the hope of inciting others to imitate him , makes it now fit to be remembered , that he enjoyed in his life the favour 98 [ 1777 . THE LIFE OF were) when Ireland was the school of the west...
... honours and rewards ; and only the hope of inciting others to imitate him , makes it now fit to be remembered , that he enjoyed in his life the favour 98 [ 1777 . THE LIFE OF were) when Ireland was the school of the west...
Page 99
... honoured . 66 66 • I am , May it please your majesty , " With the most profound respect , " Your majesty's " Most dutiful and devoted " Subject and servant . " In the summer he wrote a Prologue , * which was spoken before a Word to the ...
... honoured . 66 66 • I am , May it please your majesty , " With the most profound respect , " Your majesty's " Most dutiful and devoted " Subject and servant . " In the summer he wrote a Prologue , * which was spoken before a Word to the ...
Page 101
... honour to be elected ; for an honour it undoubtedly must be allowed to be , when it is considered of whom that society consists , and that a single black ball excludes a candidate . 99 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " July 9 , 1777 ...
... honour to be elected ; for an honour it undoubtedly must be allowed to be , when it is considered of whom that society consists , and that a single black ball excludes a candidate . 99 MR . BOSWELL TO DR . JOHNSON . " July 9 , 1777 ...
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... honours . Is not this a noble lot for our fair Hebridean ? How happy am I that she is to be in Ayrshire ! We shall have the laird of Rasay , and old Malcolm , and I know not how many gallant Macleods , and bagpipes , etc. etc. at ...
... honours . Is not this a noble lot for our fair Hebridean ? How happy am I that she is to be in Ayrshire ! We shall have the laird of Rasay , and old Malcolm , and I know not how many gallant Macleods , and bagpipes , etc. etc. at ...
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