The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... occasion , spoke disparagingly of some of Johnson's sentiments , whereupon Boswell retorted by sheer impertinence . Yet he thus comments on the affair : ' Davy was finely punished for his treatment of my revered friend , and he deserved ...
... occasion , spoke disparagingly of some of Johnson's sentiments , whereupon Boswell retorted by sheer impertinence . Yet he thus comments on the affair : ' Davy was finely punished for his treatment of my revered friend , and he deserved ...
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... occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judgment . I regret exceedingly that I was deprived of the ... occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - ' DEAR SIR , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
... occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judgment . I regret exceedingly that I was deprived of the ... occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - ' DEAR SIR , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
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... occasion 1 have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will ... occasions of my detail of Johnson's conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ...
... occasion 1 have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will ... occasions of my detail of Johnson's conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ...
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... occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . ' " Mrs. Piozzi has given a strange fantastical account of the original of Dr. Johnson's belief in our most holy religion : ' At the age of ...
... occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of rational inquiry . ' " Mrs. Piozzi has given a strange fantastical account of the original of Dr. Johnson's belief in our most holy religion : ' At the age of ...
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... occasions in his subsequent life , justly impressed the world with the highest admiration . Nor can any one ... occasion of his writing , many years afterwards , his admirable philosophical tale , the principal scene of which is ...
... occasions in his subsequent life , justly impressed the world with the highest admiration . Nor can any one ... occasion of his writing , many years afterwards , his admirable philosophical tale , the principal scene of which is ...
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