The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... Lord Mansfield was alluded to here , as Lord Mansfield was alive when Mr. Boswell wrote , and the word " late " did not apply . But I have received from Mr. Elwin the following note on the point , than which no more admirable ...
... Lord Mansfield was alluded to here , as Lord Mansfield was alive when Mr. Boswell wrote , and the word " late " did not apply . But I have received from Mr. Elwin the following note on the point , than which no more admirable ...
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... Lord Mansfield's conversation must have been well - known to him by the reports of Reynolds , Malone , and fifty people be- sides . " The hero of this well - known story is Wedderburne , Lord Loughborough . 2 " Now that Dr. Johnson is ...
... Lord Mansfield's conversation must have been well - known to him by the reports of Reynolds , Malone , and fifty people be- sides . " The hero of this well - known story is Wedderburne , Lord Loughborough . 2 " Now that Dr. Johnson is ...
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... Lords , as having been in their company , he said , he went to the other extreme , and did not mention his authority when he should have done it , had it not been that of a Duke or a Lord . " Dr. Goldsmith said once to Dr. Johnson ...
... Lords , as having been in their company , he said , he went to the other extreme , and did not mention his authority when he should have done it , had it not been that of a Duke or a Lord . " Dr. Goldsmith said once to Dr. Johnson ...
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... Lord Northington , when Lord Lieutenant , expressed to the Sage some modest and virtuous doubts , whether he could bring himself to practise those arts which with which he treated Hodge , his cat ; for whom he himself used to go out and ...
... Lord Northington , when Lord Lieutenant , expressed to the Sage some modest and virtuous doubts , whether he could bring himself to practise those arts which with which he treated Hodge , his cat ; for whom he himself used to go out and ...
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... Lords Eglington , March- mont , Thurlow , and Mountstuart " my Mæcenas ; " and , finally , Mr. Pitt and Lord Lonsdale were his chief patrons . As he took up each of these he became rapturous in their public praise . He thus says of ...
... Lords Eglington , March- mont , Thurlow , and Mountstuart " my Mæcenas ; " and , finally , Mr. Pitt and Lord Lonsdale were his chief patrons . As he took up each of these he became rapturous in their public praise . He thus says of ...
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