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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... heard speak of him as a writer , with great respect.1 Cor . et Ad . - Line 20 : After " incline " read " to believe . " 1 I was at first inclined to believe that Mr. Croker was mistaken when he said Lord Mansfield was alluded to here ...
... heard speak of him as a writer , with great respect.1 Cor . et Ad . - Line 20 : After " incline " read " to believe . " 1 I was at first inclined to believe that Mr. Croker was mistaken when he said Lord Mansfield was alluded to here ...
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... heard any thing from him in company that was at all striking ; and depend upon it , Sir , it is when you come close to a man in conversation , that you discover what his real abilities are ; to make a speech in a public assembly is a ...
... heard any thing from him in company that was at all striking ; and depend upon it , Sir , it is when you come close to a man in conversation , that you discover what his real abilities are ; to make a speech in a public assembly is a ...
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... heard him once say , ' Though the proverb " Nullum numen abest , si sit prudentia , " does not always prove true , we may be certain of the converse of it , Nullum numen adest , si sit imprudentia . ' " Once when Mr. Seward was going to ...
... heard him once say , ' Though the proverb " Nullum numen abest , si sit prudentia , " does not always prove true , we may be certain of the converse of it , Nullum numen adest , si sit imprudentia . ' " Once when Mr. Seward was going to ...
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... heard from my father , the third stanza , " Tis night , " " & c . By Sir Herbert Croft ; a series of ima- ginary letters , supposed to be written by Hackman to Miss Ray . 3 This is a specimen of the unmeaning " settling " process to ...
... heard from my father , the third stanza , " Tis night , " " & c . By Sir Herbert Croft ; a series of ima- ginary letters , supposed to be written by Hackman to Miss Ray . 3 This is a specimen of the unmeaning " settling " process to ...
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... heard of him last , he was running about town shooting cats . ' And then in a sort of kindly reverie , he bethought himself of his own favourite cat , and said , ' But Hodge shan't be shot : no , no , Hodge shall not be shot . ' " He ...
... heard of him last , he was running about town shooting cats . ' And then in a sort of kindly reverie , he bethought himself of his own favourite cat , and said , ' But Hodge shan't be shot : no , no , Hodge shall not be shot . ' " He ...
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