The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... called 2 ; and during my first visit to London , which was for three months in 1760 , Mr. Derrick the poet 3 , who was Gentleman's friend and countryman , flattered me with hopes that he would introduce me to Johnson , an honour of ...
... called 2 ; and during my first visit to London , which was for three months in 1760 , Mr. Derrick the poet 3 , who was Gentleman's friend and countryman , flattered me with hopes that he would introduce me to Johnson , an honour of ...
Page 190
... called " The Connoisseur . " He said it wanted matter . - No doubt it had not the deep thinking of Johnson's writings . But sure- to Campbell's on a Sunday evening , till I began to consider that the shoals of Scotch- men who flocked ...
... called " The Connoisseur . " He said it wanted matter . - No doubt it had not the deep thinking of Johnson's writings . But sure- to Campbell's on a Sunday evening , till I began to consider that the shoals of Scotch- men who flocked ...
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... called so in a book ; and when a man comes to look at it , he sees it is not so . It is indeed pointed at the top ; but one side of it is larger than the other 2. " Another mountain I called immense . JOHNSON . " No ; it is no more than ...
... called so in a book ; and when a man comes to look at it , he sees it is not so . It is indeed pointed at the top ; but one side of it is larger than the other 2. " Another mountain I called immense . JOHNSON . " No ; it is no more than ...
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