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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... means of his getting a seat in the House of Commons . With this view , he wrote a letter to one of the Secretaries of the Trea- sury , of which he gave me a copy in his own handwriting , which is as follows : - " SIR , " New - street ...
... means of his getting a seat in the House of Commons . With this view , he wrote a letter to one of the Secretaries of the Trea- sury , of which he gave me a copy in his own handwriting , which is as follows : - " SIR , " New - street ...
Page 107
... means good English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and ... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain prosperous member of Parliament1 from that country ; though it has been ...
... means good English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and ... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain prosperous member of Parliament1 from that country ; though it has been ...
Page 278
... means of consequence , as it is to solicit votes to be elected a member of Parliament ? Mr. Strahan had told me that a countryman of his and mine , who had risen to eminence in the law , had , when first making his way , solicited him ...
... means of consequence , as it is to solicit votes to be elected a member of Parliament ? Mr. Strahan had told me that a countryman of his and mine , who had risen to eminence in the law , had , when first making his way , solicited him ...
Contents
Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
17661767 | 9 |
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