The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... hand the speeches in parliament with perfect exactness . JOHNSON . ' Sir , it is impossible . I remember one Angel , who came to me to write for him a Preface or Dedication to a book upon short hand , and he professed to write as fast ...
... hand the speeches in parliament with perfect exactness . JOHNSON . ' Sir , it is impossible . I remember one Angel , who came to me to write for him a Preface or Dedication to a book upon short hand , and he professed to write as fast ...
Page 474
... hand , in appropriated characters devised for the purpose , I had a method of my own of writing half words , and leaving out some altogether , so as yet to keep the substance and lan- guage of any discourse which I had heard so much in ...
... hand , in appropriated characters devised for the purpose , I had a method of my own of writing half words , and leaving out some altogether , so as yet to keep the substance and lan- guage of any discourse which I had heard so much in ...
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... hand - writing , so that the compo- sition of every individual may be distinguished ? JOHNSON . ' Yes . Those who have a style of eminent excellence , such as Dryden and Milton , can always be distinguished . " I had no doubt of this ...
... hand - writing , so that the compo- sition of every individual may be distinguished ? JOHNSON . ' Yes . Those who have a style of eminent excellence , such as Dryden and Milton , can always be distinguished . " I had no doubt of this ...
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