The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... lord Bacon's maxim , " that it is not given unto man to love and to be wise . " But had he loved less , he would not have laboured so diligently in compiling these memoirs , to which succeeding biographers have been able to add so ...
... lord Bacon's maxim , " that it is not given unto man to love and to be wise . " But had he loved less , he would not have laboured so diligently in compiling these memoirs , to which succeeding biographers have been able to add so ...
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... lord Elibank had written in English , for his lady , and requested of Johnson to turn it into Latin for him . Having read Domina de North et Gray , ' he said to Dyer , You see , sir , what barbarisms we are com- pelled to make use of ...
... lord Elibank had written in English , for his lady , and requested of Johnson to turn it into Latin for him . Having read Domina de North et Gray , ' he said to Dyer , You see , sir , what barbarisms we are com- pelled to make use of ...
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... lord Granville 1 ; that after he had written his letter giving an account of the battle of Dettingen , he said , ' Here is a letter expressed in terms not good enough for a tallow- chandler to have used . " " " Talking of a court ...
... lord Granville 1 ; that after he had written his letter giving an account of the battle of Dettingen , he said , ' Here is a letter expressed in terms not good enough for a tallow- chandler to have used . " " " Talking of a court ...
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... lord that from a too great eagerness of praise and popularity , and a politeness carried to a ridicu- lous excess , he was likely , after asserting a thing in gene- ral , to give it up again in parts . For instance , if he had said ...
... lord that from a too great eagerness of praise and popularity , and a politeness carried to a ridicu- lous excess , he was likely , after asserting a thing in gene- ral , to give it up again in parts . For instance , if he had said ...
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... lord Charles Hay , after his return from Ame- rica , was preparing his defence to be offered to the court- martial which he had demanded , having heard Mr. Langton as high in expressions of admiration of Johnson as he usually was , he ...
... lord Charles Hay , after his return from Ame- rica , was preparing his defence to be offered to the court- martial which he had demanded , having heard Mr. Langton as high in expressions of admiration of Johnson as he usually was , he ...
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