The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... asked me to write such a thing as that for him , than he would have asked me to feed him with a spoon , or to do any thing else that denoted his imbecility . I as much believe that he wrote it , as if I had seen him do it . Sir , had he ...
... asked me to write such a thing as that for him , than he would have asked me to feed him with a spoon , or to do any thing else that denoted his imbecility . I as much believe that he wrote it , as if I had seen him do it . Sir , had he ...
Page 253
... asked Dr. Johnson and me to spend the evening and sup with him . He was a genteel well - bred dignified clergyman , had travelled with Lord Charles Fitzroy , uncle of the present Duke of Grafton , who died when abroad , and he had lived ...
... asked Dr. Johnson and me to spend the evening and sup with him . He was a genteel well - bred dignified clergyman , had travelled with Lord Charles Fitzroy , uncle of the present Duke of Grafton , who died when abroad , and he had lived ...
Page 483
... asked Johnson as to the propriety of sapientiæ consultus . JOHNSON . ' Though consul- tus was primarily an adjective , like amicus it came to be used as a substantive . So we have Juris consultus , a consult in law . ' We talked of the ...
... asked Johnson as to the propriety of sapientiæ consultus . JOHNSON . ' Though consul- tus was primarily an adjective , like amicus it came to be used as a substantive . So we have Juris consultus , a consult in law . ' We talked of the ...
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