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Page 11
His lordship ob served one of his shepherds poring in the fields upon Milton's “
Paradise Lost ; ” and having asked him what book it was , the man answered , “
An't please your lordship , this is a very odd sort of an author : he would fain
rhyme ...
His lordship ob served one of his shepherds poring in the fields upon Milton's “
Paradise Lost ; ” and having asked him what book it was , the man answered , “
An't please your lordship , this is a very odd sort of an author : he would fain
rhyme ...
Page 15
... by demonstrating his excellence , and pronouncing the following triumphant
eulogium : “ After all this , it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has
once been asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return
...
... by demonstrating his excellence , and pronouncing the following triumphant
eulogium : “ After all this , it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has
once been asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return
...
Page 19
The answer which Pope made was , “ The young lion is harmless , and even
playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful , and
mischievous . ” But although we have no collection of Pope's sayings , it is not
therefore ...
The answer which Pope made was , “ The young lion is harmless , and even
playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful , and
mischievous . ” But although we have no collection of Pope's sayings , it is not
therefore ...
Page 48
... when challenged by the chairman for such behaviour , bluntly answered , “ I
had made up my mind upon that case ; " Johnson , with an indignant contempt ,
said , “ If he was such a rogue as to make up his mind upon a case without
hearing ...
... when challenged by the chairman for such behaviour , bluntly answered , “ I
had made up my mind upon that case ; " Johnson , with an indignant contempt ,
said , “ If he was such a rogue as to make up his mind upon a case without
hearing ...
Page 54
Johnson was at first startled , and in some heat answered , “ How can your
lordship ask so simple a question ? ... but if any body were to answer the
paragraph , and contradict it , I'd have a reply , and would say , that he who
contradicted it was ...
Johnson was at first startled , and in some heat answered , “ How can your
lordship ask so simple a question ? ... but if any body were to answer the
paragraph , and contradict it , I'd have a reply , and would say , that he who
contradicted it was ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2015 |
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