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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... strange that I should conclude it was a joke . Mr. Gardner , I am assured , was a worthy and liberal man . 1 This remark of Beauclerk's almost warrants a marginal note in Wilkes ' copy of Boswell's " Johnson , " viz . , that he was shy ...
... strange that I should conclude it was a joke . Mr. Gardner , I am assured , was a worthy and liberal man . 1 This remark of Beauclerk's almost warrants a marginal note in Wilkes ' copy of Boswell's " Johnson , " viz . , that he was shy ...
Page 33
... strange thing was , that I did not write you a few lines merely as firing guns of distress . " — ( Letters , p . 209. ) VOL . II . The state of his mind was indeed more serious than it appeared to Johnson . " I awake in the night , " he ...
... strange thing was , that I did not write you a few lines merely as firing guns of distress . " — ( Letters , p . 209. ) VOL . II . The state of his mind was indeed more serious than it appeared to Johnson . " I awake in the night , " he ...
Page 86
... care to let her know what I thought of her . ' And being asked , ' What did you say ? ' answered . ' I told her she was a scoundrel . ' ” and seemingly a strange one , upon individuals ; but 86 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... care to let her know what I thought of her . ' And being asked , ' What did you say ? ' answered . ' I told her she was a scoundrel . ' ” and seemingly a strange one , upon individuals ; but 86 THE LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
Page 87
... strange one , upon individuals ; but the general good of society is better secured . And , after all , it is unreasonable in an individual to repine that he has not the advantage of a state which is made different from his own , by the ...
... strange one , upon individuals ; but the general good of society is better secured . And , after all , it is unreasonable in an individual to repine that he has not the advantage of a state which is made different from his own , by the ...
Page 91
... strange manufactures for so inland a place , sail - cloth and streamers for ships ; and I observed them making saddle - cloths , and dressing sheepskins : but upon the whole , the busy hand of industry seemed to be quite slackened ...
... strange manufactures for so inland a place , sail - cloth and streamers for ships ; and I observed them making saddle - cloths , and dressing sheepskins : but upon the whole , the busy hand of industry seemed to be quite slackened ...
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