The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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Page 162
... sir ; you are not to talk such paradox : let me have no more on't . It cannot entertain , far less can it instruct . Lord Monboddo , one of your Scotch judges , talked a great deal of such nonsense . him , but I will not suffer you ...
... sir ; you are not to talk such paradox : let me have no more on't . It cannot entertain , far less can it instruct . Lord Monboddo , one of your Scotch judges , talked a great deal of such nonsense . him , but I will not suffer you ...
Page 185
... Lord North paid you a visit , and that you got two hundred a year in addition to your pension ? " JOHNSON : ' No ... Monboddo ? ' Bos- WELL : ' Very well , sir . Lord Monboddo still maintains the superiority of the savage life.'1 ...
... Lord North paid you a visit , and that you got two hundred a year in addition to your pension ? " JOHNSON : ' No ... Monboddo ? ' Bos- WELL : ' Very well , sir . Lord Monboddo still maintains the superiority of the savage life.'1 ...
Page 198
... sir , that may be an argument for drinking , if you suppose men in general to be liars . But , sir , I would not ... Lord Monboddo , whom , on account of his resembling Dr. Johnson in some par- ticulars , Foote called an Elzevir ...
... sir , that may be an argument for drinking , if you suppose men in general to be liars . But , sir , I would not ... Lord Monboddo , whom , on account of his resembling Dr. Johnson in some par- ticulars , Foote called an Elzevir ...
Page 220
... Lord Monboddo's strange specu- lation on the primitive state of human nature ; observing , ' Sir , it is all conjecture about a thing useless , even were it known to be true . Know- ledge of all kind is good . Conjecture as to things ...
... Lord Monboddo's strange specu- lation on the primitive state of human nature ; observing , ' Sir , it is all conjecture about a thing useless , even were it known to be true . Know- ledge of all kind is good . Conjecture as to things ...
Page 230
... Lord Auchinleck . ' Let me know , as fast as you read it , how you like it ... Monboddo , etc. - BOSWELL . 3 It should be recollected that this fanciful ... Lord Camden . 230 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
... Lord Auchinleck . ' Let me know , as fast as you read it , how you like it ... Monboddo , etc. - BOSWELL . 3 It should be recollected that this fanciful ... Lord Camden . 230 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
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