The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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Page 108
... written , Mr. Hawkesworth , I suppose , did not care to disorder its text , and therefore put your eulogy in a note . He and every other man mentions your papers of Criticism with great commendation , though not with greater than they ...
... written , Mr. Hawkesworth , I suppose , did not care to disorder its text , and therefore put your eulogy in a note . He and every other man mentions your papers of Criticism with great commendation , though not with greater than they ...
Page 129
... written by Johnson 4 . very strong propensity to the study of na- tural philosophy , had made many ingenious advances towards a discovery of the longi- tude , and repaired to London in hopes of obtaining the great parliamentary reward 1 ...
... written by Johnson 4 . very strong propensity to the study of na- tural philosophy , had made many ingenious advances towards a discovery of the longi- tude , and repaired to London in hopes of obtaining the great parliamentary reward 1 ...
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... written by Johnson himself on his mother's death , and may be supposed to describe as truly as pathetical- ly his ... written in a vein of pleasantry . - ED . ] 2 [ Johnson had written the figure 8 instead of 9 , which is evidently a ...
... written by Johnson himself on his mother's death , and may be supposed to describe as truly as pathetical- ly his ... written in a vein of pleasantry . - ED . ] 2 [ Johnson had written the figure 8 instead of 9 , which is evidently a ...
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