The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 - Authors, English |
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... pleased to furnish me with an eminent instance . However unfavourable to Scotland , he uniformly gave liberal praise to George Buchanan , as a writer . In a conversation concerning the literary merits of the two countries , in which ...
... pleased to furnish me with an eminent instance . However unfavourable to Scotland , he uniformly gave liberal praise to George Buchanan , as a writer . In a conversation concerning the literary merits of the two countries , in which ...
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... pleased with it , and said , ' It wants no addi- tion nor correction , but a few lines of introduction ; ' which he furnished , and Sir William adopted.b " He said to Sir William Scott , ' The age is running mad after innovation ; and ...
... pleased with it , and said , ' It wants no addi- tion nor correction , but a few lines of introduction ; ' which he furnished , and Sir William adopted.b " He said to Sir William Scott , ' The age is running mad after innovation ; and ...
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... pleased to say to me one morning when we were left alone in his study , ' Boswell , I think , I am easier with you than with almost any body . ' " He would not allow Mr. David Hume any credit for his political principles , though ...
... pleased to say to me one morning when we were left alone in his study , ' Boswell , I think , I am easier with you than with almost any body . ' " He would not allow Mr. David Hume any credit for his political principles , though ...
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... pleased at the time ; but their envy makes them curse him at their hearts . ' " My readers will probably be surprised to hear that the great Dr. Johnson could amuse himself with so slight and playful a species of composition as a ...
... pleased at the time ; but their envy makes them curse him at their hearts . ' " My readers will probably be surprised to hear that the great Dr. Johnson could amuse himself with so slight and playful a species of composition as a ...
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... pleased to say , have all the materials you can collect , and I will do it both in Latin and English ; then let it be printed , and copies of it be deposited in various places for security and preservation . ' I can now only do the best ...
... pleased to say , have all the materials you can collect , and I will do it both in Latin and English ; then let it be printed , and copies of it be deposited in various places for security and preservation . ' I can now only do the best ...
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