The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 - Authors, English |
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... and imagined that Lord Chesterfield declined his acquaintance on some opinion derogatory to his personal pretensions . Mr. Tyers , however , suggests a more in public , I had exhausted all the art of B 4 ĘTAT . 45 . 7 THE DICTIONARY .
... and imagined that Lord Chesterfield declined his acquaintance on some opinion derogatory to his personal pretensions . Mr. Tyers , however , suggests a more in public , I had exhausted all the art of B 4 ĘTAT . 45 . 7 THE DICTIONARY .
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... opinion of Warburton . " ( 1 ) Indeed , the force of mind which appeared in this letter , was congenial with that which Warburton himself amply possessed . There is a curious minute circumstance which struck me , in comparing the ...
... opinion of Warburton . " ( 1 ) Indeed , the force of mind which appeared in this letter , was congenial with that which Warburton himself amply possessed . There is a curious minute circumstance which struck me , in comparing the ...
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... opinion of Lord Chesterfield , did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed free- dom : " This man ( said he ) I thought had been a lord among wits : but , I find , he is only a wit among lords ! " ( 2 ) ...
... opinion of Lord Chesterfield , did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed free- dom : " This man ( said he ) I thought had been a lord among wits : but , I find , he is only a wit among lords ! " ( 2 ) ...
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... opinion of the lexicographer ; but his Journal Bri- tannique is mentioned by Mr. Gibbon in a tone very different from Dr. Johnson's . " This humble though useful labour , which had once been dignified by the genius of Bayle and the ...
... opinion of the lexicographer ; but his Journal Bri- tannique is mentioned by Mr. Gibbon in a tone very different from Dr. Johnson's . " This humble though useful labour , which had once been dignified by the genius of Bayle and the ...
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... opinion and advice in the purchase of copy - right ; the conse- quence of which was his acquiring a very large fortune , with great liberality . Johnson said of him , " I respect Millar , sir ; he has raised the price of literature ...
... opinion and advice in the purchase of copy - right ; the conse- quence of which was his acquiring a very large fortune , with great liberality . Johnson said of him , " I respect Millar , sir ; he has raised the price of literature ...
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