The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page viii
... thought " no bad morning's work , " this is certainly a good deal . But nowadays we should not readily agree with Johnson's biographer in regarding it as “ scarcely credible . " Early in 1749 , Johnson went to live permanently at No. 17 ...
... thought " no bad morning's work , " this is certainly a good deal . But nowadays we should not readily agree with Johnson's biographer in regarding it as “ scarcely credible . " Early in 1749 , Johnson went to live permanently at No. 17 ...
Page xiii
... thought and vacuity , he said ; and of public amusements he affirmed , more questionably , that they kept people from vice . It was , more- over , his opinion that , as no man was a hypocrite in his pleasures , his choice of them really ...
... thought and vacuity , he said ; and of public amusements he affirmed , more questionably , that they kept people from vice . It was , more- over , his opinion that , as no man was a hypocrite in his pleasures , his choice of them really ...
Page xvi
... thought themselves war- ranted to roar . " Not without reason was it that the grateful author dedicated his masterpiece to his old friend . " " Once , at St. Andrew's , where Johnson was sadly viewing the ruins of religious magnificence ...
... thought themselves war- ranted to roar . " Not without reason was it that the grateful author dedicated his masterpiece to his old friend . " " Once , at St. Andrew's , where Johnson was sadly viewing the ruins of religious magnificence ...
Page xxix
... thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I ...
... thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I ...
Page xxxiv
... thought myself in the company , and of the party almost throughout . It has given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and ...
... thought myself in the company , and of the party almost throughout . It has given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and ...
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