The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... king . " Johnson started vey imagined , was the authour of an at- tack upon him ; but that it was afterwards discovered to be the work of a garreteer 1 , who wrote " The Fool : " the pamphlet , therefore , against Sir Charles was not ...
... king . " Johnson started vey imagined , was the authour of an at- tack upon him ; but that it was afterwards discovered to be the work of a garreteer 1 , who wrote " The Fool : " the pamphlet , therefore , against Sir Charles was not ...
Page 240
... king , " if you had not written so well . " Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer compliment 1 ; and it was fit for a king to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir ...
... king , " if you had not written so well . " Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer compliment 1 ; and it was fit for a king to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir ...
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... king asked him if it was well done now . John- son answered , he had no reason to think that it was . The king then asked him if there were any other literary journals pub- lished in this kingdom , except the Monthly and Critical ...
... king asked him if it was well done now . John- son answered , he had no reason to think that it was . The king then asked him if there were any other literary journals pub- lished in this kingdom , except the Monthly and Critical ...
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