The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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Page vi
... gave them to the world . Their best praise is , that after reading Boswell we can yet read them with pleasure . Indeed , if we had had no Boswell , we should still have obtained from Mrs. Piozzi's lively pages , a good notion of Johnson ...
... gave them to the world . Their best praise is , that after reading Boswell we can yet read them with pleasure . Indeed , if we had had no Boswell , we should still have obtained from Mrs. Piozzi's lively pages , a good notion of Johnson ...
Page vii
... gave out that his chief object in visiting London at this time was to see the " lions , " of whom Johnson was the chief . He describes many of the same dinners and conversations as Boswell , and some of them even more fully . It is ...
... gave out that his chief object in visiting London at this time was to see the " lions , " of whom Johnson was the chief . He describes many of the same dinners and conversations as Boswell , and some of them even more fully . It is ...
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... gave , as , well discerning , That that right loyal body wanted learning , " Which , says Sir William , might well be answered thus : " The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse , For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care ...
... gave , as , well discerning , That that right loyal body wanted learning , " Which , says Sir William , might well be answered thus : " The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse , For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care ...
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... gave him to have written it . It was however in the year 1775 that Mr. Edmund Burke made the famous speech in parliament ' that struck even foes with admiration , and friends with delight . Among the nameless thousands who are contented ...
... gave him to have written it . It was however in the year 1775 that Mr. Edmund Burke made the famous speech in parliament ' that struck even foes with admiration , and friends with delight . Among the nameless thousands who are contented ...
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... , At seni fluxo sapienter uti Tempore restat . " gave him the following lines in imitation , which he liked well enough , I think : " When threescore years have chill'd thee quite , Still VI . D BY MRS . PIOZZI . 33 Verses In Theatro.
... , At seni fluxo sapienter uti Tempore restat . " gave him the following lines in imitation , which he liked well enough , I think : " When threescore years have chill'd thee quite , Still VI . D BY MRS . PIOZZI . 33 Verses In Theatro.
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