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 170
... excellent work , of which twelve editions have now issued from the press , gain upon the world at large , that even in the closing number the author says , " I have never been much a favourite of the public . " " 1 Yet , very soon after ...
... excellent work , of which twelve editions have now issued from the press , gain upon the world at large , that even in the closing number the author says , " I have never been much a favourite of the public . " " 1 Yet , very soon after ...
Page 203
... excellent qualities of Mr. Langton , a gentleman eminent not only for worth and learning , but for an inexhaustible fund of entertaining conversation , that they became intimate friends . Johnson , soon after this acquaintance began ...
... excellent qualities of Mr. Langton , a gentleman eminent not only for worth and learning , but for an inexhaustible fund of entertaining conversation , that they became intimate friends . Johnson , soon after this acquaintance began ...
Page 223
... excellent library , par- ticularly a valuable collection of books in Northern literature , with which Johnson was often very busy . One day Mr. Wise read to us a dissertation which he was preparing for the press , intitled " A History ...
... excellent library , par- ticularly a valuable collection of books in Northern literature , with which Johnson was often very busy . One day Mr. Wise read to us a dissertation which he was preparing for the press , intitled " A History ...
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