The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... suppose , was a relief to his lungs ; and seemed in him to be a contemp- tuous mode of expression , as if he had made the arguments of his opponent fly like chaff before the wind . I am fully aware how very obvious an occasion I here ...
... suppose , was a relief to his lungs ; and seemed in him to be a contemp- tuous mode of expression , as if he had made the arguments of his opponent fly like chaff before the wind . I am fully aware how very obvious an occasion I here ...
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... suppose that he was seized with a temporary fit of ambition , and that hence he was induced to apply his thoughts to law and politics . But Mr. Boswell was certainly mistaken in this respect : and these words merely allude to Johnson's ...
... suppose that he was seized with a temporary fit of ambition , and that hence he was induced to apply his thoughts to law and politics . But Mr. Boswell was certainly mistaken in this respect : and these words merely allude to Johnson's ...
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... suppose that she is above him in literary attainments . She is more flippant ; but he has ten times her learning : he is a regular scholar ; but her learning is that of a schoolboy in one of the lower forms . " My readers may naturally ...
... suppose that she is above him in literary attainments . She is more flippant ; but he has ten times her learning : he is a regular scholar ; but her learning is that of a schoolboy in one of the lower forms . " My readers may naturally ...
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... suppose by Mr. Drummond , wrote with a generous indig- nation as follows : - “ SIB , TO MR . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . " Johnson's Court , Fleet Street , Aug. 13 , 1766 . " I did not expect to hear that it could be , in an assembly convened ...
... suppose by Mr. Drummond , wrote with a generous indig- nation as follows : - “ SIB , TO MR . WILLIAM DRUMMOND . " Johnson's Court , Fleet Street , Aug. 13 , 1766 . " I did not expect to hear that it could be , in an assembly convened ...
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... suppose , no other man wishes to resemble . 1 " The Papists have , indeed , denied to the laity the use of the Bible ; but this prohibition , in few places now very rigorously enforced , is defended by arguments , which have for their ...
... suppose , no other man wishes to resemble . 1 " The Papists have , indeed , denied to the laity the use of the Bible ; but this prohibition , in few places now very rigorously enforced , is defended by arguments , which have for their ...
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