The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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Page 216
... asked him whether he had seen the letter which Warburton had written in answer to a pamphlet addressed To the most impudent Man alive . ' He answered in the negative . Mr. Burney told him it was supposed to be written by Mallet . The ...
... asked him whether he had seen the letter which Warburton had written in answer to a pamphlet addressed To the most impudent Man alive . ' He answered in the negative . Mr. Burney told him it was supposed to be written by Mallet . The ...
Page 299
... asked myself , " Is it possible that the great SAMUEL JOHNSON really entertains any such apprehension , and is not confident that his exalted fame is established upon a foundation never to be shaken ? " He this evening drank a bumper to ...
... asked myself , " Is it possible that the great SAMUEL JOHNSON really entertains any such apprehension , and is not confident that his exalted fame is established upon a foundation never to be shaken ? " He this evening drank a bumper to ...
Page 360
... asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill . Johnson 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 . Johnson 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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