The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... instance of this as can well be imagined . 1 Mrs. Macaulay . On " a buttered muffin , " according to Walpole . Garrick seems to have been of Johnson's opinion , for he once slipped in three lines , when " Charity " had been given for a ...
... instance of this as can well be imagined . 1 Mrs. Macaulay . On " a buttered muffin , " according to Walpole . Garrick seems to have been of Johnson's opinion , for he once slipped in three lines , when " Charity " had been given for a ...
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... instance of a perfect Judge , who devoted himself Johnson certainly did , who had a mind stored with knowledge , and teeming with imagery ; but the observation is not applicable to writers in general , entirely to his office . JOHNSON ...
... instance of a perfect Judge , who devoted himself Johnson certainly did , who had a mind stored with knowledge , and teeming with imagery ; but the observation is not applicable to writers in general , entirely to his office . JOHNSON ...
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... instance would it have been of the oppression of booksellers towards poor au- thours ! " ( smiling ) . Davies , zealous for the honour of the Trade , said , Gardner was not properly a bookseller . JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir ; he certainly ...
... instance would it have been of the oppression of booksellers towards poor au- thours ! " ( smiling ) . Davies , zealous for the honour of the Trade , said , Gardner was not properly a bookseller . JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir ; he certainly ...
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... instance that I recollect , is his quoting Stavo bene . Per star meglio , sto qui . ' " -- I mentioned Addison's having borrowed many of his classical remarks from Leandro Alberti . Mr. Beauclerk said , " It was alleged that he had ...
... instance that I recollect , is his quoting Stavo bene . Per star meglio , sto qui . ' " -- I mentioned Addison's having borrowed many of his classical remarks from Leandro Alberti . Mr. Beauclerk said , " It was alleged that he had ...
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... instance , ' he says , if a man is dis- tressed in circumstances ( as in the case I mentioned of Denny ) he ought to fly the country . ' ' How can he fly , ' says Boswell , if he has wife and children ? ' ' What , Sir , ' says the ...
... instance , ' he says , if a man is dis- tressed in circumstances ( as in the case I mentioned of Denny ) he ought to fly the country . ' ' How can he fly , ' says Boswell , if he has wife and children ? ' ' What , Sir , ' says the ...
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