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
... 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 . Sir , they talk of not making boys ...
... 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 . Sir , they talk of not making boys ...
Page 105
... Italians form a substantive of the ablative of an adjective , and thence giurno , or , as they make it giorno : which is ... Italy . " - The Swede went away , and Mr. Johnson continued his read- ing of the papers . I said , " I am afraid ...
... Italians form a substantive of the ablative of an adjective , and thence giurno , or , as they make it giorno : which is ... Italy . " - The Swede went away , and Mr. Johnson continued his read- ing of the papers . I said , " I am afraid ...
Page 222
... Italian learning , for we do not 1 There has probably been some mistake as to the terms of this supposed extraordinary ... Italy , in " The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " ( p . 320 , 3rd edit . ) he says , " It is a tedious book ...
... Italian learning , for we do not 1 There has probably been some mistake as to the terms of this supposed extraordinary ... Italy , in " The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " ( p . 320 , 3rd edit . ) he says , " It is a tedious book ...
Contents
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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