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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... observed that it was believed these Odes were made by Colman and Lloyd jointly ; -JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , how can two people make an Ode ? Perhaps one made one of them , and one the other . " I observed that two people had made a play ...
... observed that it was believed these Odes were made by Colman and Lloyd jointly ; -JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , how can two people make an Ode ? Perhaps one made one of them , and one the other . " I observed that two people had made a play ...
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... observed , " It is not every man that can carry a bon mot . " 2 Vol . I. , page 241 . Cor . et Ad . - Line 3 : For " May " read " April . " Ibid . - Line 7 : After " circle " read , " Nor did he omit to pique his mis- tress a little ...
... observed , " It is not every man that can carry a bon mot . " 2 Vol . I. , page 241 . Cor . et Ad . - Line 3 : For " May " read " April . " Ibid . - Line 7 : After " circle " read , " Nor did he omit to pique his mis- tress a little ...
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... observed , " They are very well ; but such as twenty people might write . " Upon this I took occasion to controvert Horace's maxim , 46 mediocribus esse poetis Non Di , non homines , non concessere columnæ . ” for here ( I observed ...
... observed , " They are very well ; but such as twenty people might write . " Upon this I took occasion to controvert Horace's maxim , 46 mediocribus esse poetis Non Di , non homines , non concessere columnæ . ” for here ( I observed ...
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... observed that he fasted so very strictly , that he did not even taste bread , and took no milk with his tea , I ... observation there are some eminent exceptions . should hold his office for life , more than any THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 15.
... observed that he fasted so very strictly , that he did not even taste bread , and took no milk with his tea , I ... observation there are some eminent exceptions . should hold his office for life , more than any THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON . 15.
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... observed , Sir , that administration is feeble and timid , and cannot act with that authority and resolution which is necessary . Were I in power , I would turn out every man who dared to oppose me . Government has the distribution of ...
... observed , Sir , that administration is feeble and timid , and cannot act with that authority and resolution which is necessary . Were I in power , I would turn out every man who dared to oppose me . Government has the distribution of ...
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