The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... late Reverend Mr. Brown of Utrecht's image ; that a great and small glass , though equally full , did not hold an equal quantity ; which he threw out to refute David Hume's saying , that a little miss , going to dance at a ball , in a ...
... late Reverend Mr. Brown of Utrecht's image ; that a great and small glass , though equally full , did not hold an equal quantity ; which he threw out to refute David Hume's saying , that a little miss , going to dance at a ball , in a ...
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... late Lord Lichfield , who was chancellor of the University of Oxford , he said to Johnson , " What a pity it in Sir ... late ? " But he did not repine at the prosperity of others . The late Dr. Thomas Leland told Mr. Courtenay , that ...
... late Lord Lichfield , who was chancellor of the University of Oxford , he said to Johnson , " What a pity it in Sir ... late ? " But he did not repine at the prosperity of others . The late Dr. Thomas Leland told Mr. Courtenay , that ...
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... late Mr. Mallet , Sir James Porter , who had been ambassador at Constantinople , the late Dr. Macaulay , and two or three more . The conversation turning on Mr. Pope , Lord Bathurst told us , that the Essay on Man ' was originally ...
... late Mr. Mallet , Sir James Porter , who had been ambassador at Constantinople , the late Dr. Macaulay , and two or three more . The conversation turning on Mr. Pope , Lord Bathurst told us , that the Essay on Man ' was originally ...
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