The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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Page 240
... asked him how he came to define Pastern the knee of a horse : instead of making an elaborate defence , as she expected , he at once answered , " Ignorance , madam , pure ignorance . " His definition of Network [ " anything reticulated ...
... asked him how he came to define Pastern the knee of a horse : instead of making an elaborate defence , as she expected , he at once answered , " Ignorance , madam , pure ignorance . " His definition of Network [ " anything reticulated ...
Page 426
... asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , " Warburton has most general , most scholastic learning ; Lowth is the more correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . " The King was pleased to say he was ...
... asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , " Warburton has most general , most scholastic learning ; Lowth is the more correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . " The King was pleased to say he was ...
Page 427
... asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill . John- son answered , that he was an ingenious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately mentioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a ...
... asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill . John- son answered , that he was an ingenious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately mentioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a ...
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