The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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Page 136
... heard him relate , with much satisfaction , that several of the characters in the Rambler were drawn so naturally , that when it first circulated in numbers , a club in one of the towns in Essex imagined themselves to be severally ...
... heard him relate , with much satisfaction , that several of the characters in the Rambler were drawn so naturally , that when it first circulated in numbers , a club in one of the towns in Essex imagined themselves to be severally ...
Page 226
... heard Johnson say , that if they had not been published so closely one after the other that there was not time for imitation , it would have been in vain to deny that the scheme of that which came latest was taken from the other ...
... heard Johnson say , that if they had not been published so closely one after the other that there was not time for imitation , it would have been in vain to deny that the scheme of that which came latest was taken from the other ...
Page 286
... heard him declare , that if holding up his right hand would have secured victory at Culloden to Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart ...
... heard him declare , that if holding up his right hand would have secured victory at Culloden to Prince Charles's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart ...
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