The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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... speaking at this end of the table , he'll speak to somebody at the other end . Burke , Sir , is such a man , that if you met him for the first time in the street , where you were stopped by a drove of oxen , and you and he stepped aside ...
... speaking at this end of the table , he'll speak to somebody at the other end . Burke , Sir , is such a man , that if you met him for the first time in the street , where you were stopped by a drove of oxen , and you and he stepped aside ...
Page 39
... speak . Dr. Johnson treated this with ridicule . Mr. Crosbie said that Lord Monboddo believed the existence of every thing possible ; in short , that all which is in posse might be found in esse . JOHNSON . " But , Sir , it is as ...
... speak . Dr. Johnson treated this with ridicule . Mr. Crosbie said that Lord Monboddo believed the existence of every thing possible ; in short , that all which is in posse might be found in esse . JOHNSON . " But , Sir , it is as ...
Page 61
... speaking of his not drinking wine , said , " The Doctor spoke of lecturing ( looking to him ) . I give all these lec- tures on water . " 999 He defended requiring subscription in those ad- mitted to universities , thus : “ As all who ...
... speaking of his not drinking wine , said , " The Doctor spoke of lecturing ( looking to him ) . I give all these lec- tures on water . " 999 He defended requiring subscription in those ad- mitted to universities , thus : “ As all who ...
Page 71
... speak till you are spoken to . " ( 1 ) ( 1 ) This description of Dr. Johnson appears to have been borrowed from " Tom Jones , " book xi . chap . 2 .: " The other , who , like a ghost , only wanted to be spoke to , readily answered ...
... speak till you are spoken to . " ( 1 ) ( 1 ) This description of Dr. Johnson appears to have been borrowed from " Tom Jones , " book xi . chap . 2 .: " The other , who , like a ghost , only wanted to be spoke to , readily answered ...
Page 92
... speak . Dr. Gerard told us that an eminent printer ( 2 ) was very intimate with Warburton . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , he has printed some of his works , and perhaps bought the property of some of them . The intimacy is such as one of the ...
... speak . Dr. Gerard told us that an eminent printer ( 2 ) was very intimate with Warburton . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , he has printed some of his works , and perhaps bought the property of some of them . The intimacy is such as one of the ...
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