The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 - Authors, English |
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Page 113
... allowed me as the delegate of your Lordship . " This passage proves , that Johnson's addressing his " Plan " to Lord Chesterfield was not merely in consequence of the result of a report by means of Dodsley , that the Earl favoured the ...
... allowed me as the delegate of your Lordship . " This passage proves , that Johnson's addressing his " Plan " to Lord Chesterfield was not merely in consequence of the result of a report by means of Dodsley , that the Earl favoured the ...
Page 276
... allowed to sit down and dine with us . ' I thus , Sir , shewed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine . She has never liked me since . Sir , your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves ; but they cannot bear levelling up ...
... allowed to sit down and dine with us . ' I thus , Sir , shewed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine . She has never liked me since . Sir , your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves ; but they cannot bear levelling up ...
Page 482
... allowed to teach my children what I really believe to be the truth ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , you might contrive to teach your children extrà scandalum ; but , Sir , the magistrate , if he knows it , has a right to restrain you ...
... allowed to teach my children what I really believe to be the truth ? " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , you might contrive to teach your children extrà scandalum ; but , Sir , the magistrate , if he knows it , has a right to restrain you ...
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