The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 |
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Page 102
... churches in Scotland , and a church in Italy ; yet the doctrine taught is essentially the same . " I mentioned the petition to Parliament for removing the subscrip- tion to the Thirty - nine Articles . JOHNSON : " It was soon thrown out ...
... churches in Scotland , and a church in Italy ; yet the doctrine taught is essentially the same . " I mentioned the petition to Parliament for removing the subscrip- tion to the Thirty - nine Articles . JOHNSON : " It was soon thrown out ...
Page 257
... church is not very large , but very elegant and splendid . - I had at first great difficulty to walk , but motion grew continually easier . - At night we came to Noyon , an episcopal city . The cathedral is very beautiful , the pillars ...
... church is not very large , but very elegant and splendid . - I had at first great difficulty to walk , but motion grew continually easier . - At night we came to Noyon , an episcopal city . The cathedral is very beautiful , the pillars ...
Page 285
... church . Fluyder turned out a scoundrel , a Whig , and said he was ashamed of having been bred at Oxford . He had a living at Putney , and got under the eye of some re- tainers to the court at that time , and so became a violent Whig ...
... church . Fluyder turned out a scoundrel , a Whig , and said he was ashamed of having been bred at Oxford . He had a living at Putney , and got under the eye of some re- tainers to the court at that time , and so became a violent Whig ...
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Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
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