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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... less . " I said , they should have sufficient salaries , and have nothing to take off their attention from the affairs of the publick . JOHNSON . " No Judge , Sir , can give his whole attention to his office ; and it is very proper that ...
... less . " I said , they should have sufficient salaries , and have nothing to take off their attention from the affairs of the publick . JOHNSON . " No Judge , Sir , can give his whole attention to his office ; and it is very proper that ...
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... less disposed to be querulous than Johnson . Whether the subject was his own situa- tion , or the state of the publick , or the state of human nature in general , though he saw the evils , his mind was turned to resolution , and never ...
... less disposed to be querulous than Johnson . Whether the subject was his own situa- tion , or the state of the publick , or the state of human nature in general , though he saw the evils , his mind was turned to resolution , and never ...
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... less ferocious , more polite , in short , more like gentlemen . " Upon this Mr. Courtenay said , that " Gay was the Orpheus of highwaymen . " Cor . et Ad . - Line 31 : After " severe , " read , " The audience being much affected 1 The ...
... less ferocious , more polite , in short , more like gentlemen . " Upon this Mr. Courtenay said , that " Gay was the Orpheus of highwaymen . " Cor . et Ad . - Line 31 : After " severe , " read , " The audience being much affected 1 The ...
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... inn in Holborn , where the Newcastle fly sets out . We were warmly affectionate . He is to buy for me a chest of books of his choosing off stalls , and I am to read more and drink less - that was his counsel . " the life of Dr. Johnson .
... inn in Holborn , where the Newcastle fly sets out . We were warmly affectionate . He is to buy for me a chest of books of his choosing off stalls , and I am to read more and drink less - that was his counsel . " the life of Dr. Johnson .
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... less than a tour to France with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . only time in his life that he went upon the Continent . • Another parcel of Lord Hailes's " Annals of Scotland . " Second Edition , note , line 20. - Where Sir Joshua Reynolds lived ...
... less than a tour to France with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . only time in his life that he went upon the Continent . • Another parcel of Lord Hailes's " Annals of Scotland . " Second Edition , note , line 20. - Where Sir Joshua Reynolds lived ...
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