The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 48
... merit has been honoured by the testimony of bishop Hurd * , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 , more than a year before Johnson left the university . This employment was very irksome to him in every ...
... merit has been honoured by the testimony of bishop Hurd * , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 , more than a year before Johnson left the university . This employment was very irksome to him in every ...
Page 53
... merit of Johnson , and the cheap price at which this book was offered , there were not subscribers enough to ensure a sufficient sale ; so the work never appeared , and , probably , never was executed . We find him again this year at ...
... merit of Johnson , and the cheap price at which this book was offered , there were not subscribers enough to ensure a sufficient sale ; so the work never appeared , and , probably , never was executed . We find him again this year at ...
Page 69
... merit of the versions equal , we may hope that the addition of the notes will turn the balance in our favour , considering the reputation of the annotator . " Be pleased to favour me with a speedy answer , if you are not willing to ...
... merit of the versions equal , we may hope that the addition of the notes will turn the balance in our favour , considering the reputation of the annotator . " Be pleased to favour me with a speedy answer , if you are not willing to ...
Page 84
... merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bar- gained for the whole property of it , for which he gave Johnson ten guineas ; who told me , " I might perhaps have accepted ...
... merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bar- gained for the whole property of it , for which he gave Johnson ten guineas ; who told me , " I might perhaps have accepted ...
Page 85
... merit . I have heard Johnson gratefully acknowledge , f Sir John Hawkins , p . 86 , tells us , " The event is antedated , in the poem of London ; but in every particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said of the ...
... merit . I have heard Johnson gratefully acknowledge , f Sir John Hawkins , p . 86 , tells us , " The event is antedated , in the poem of London ; but in every particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said of the ...
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