The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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Page 147
... occasion to say , ' That young gentleman seems to have little to do . ' Mr. Beauclerk observed , ' Then , to be sure , Spence turned round and wrote that down ; ' and went on to say to Dr. Johnson , ' Pope , Sir , would have said the ...
... occasion to say , ' That young gentleman seems to have little to do . ' Mr. Beauclerk observed , ' Then , to be sure , Spence turned round and wrote that down ; ' and went on to say to Dr. Johnson , ' Pope , Sir , would have said the ...
Page 349
... occasion . " When I was ill , " said he , " I desired he would tell me sincerely in what he thought my life was faulty . Sir , he brought me a sheet of paper , on which he had written down several texts of Scripture recommending Christ ...
... occasion . " When I was ill , " said he , " I desired he would tell me sincerely in what he thought my life was faulty . Sir , he brought me a sheet of paper , on which he had written down several texts of Scripture recommending Christ ...
Page 377
... occasion of his " hitching in a rhyme ; " for that in the ori- ginal copy of Goldsmith's character of Mr. Burke , in his " Retaliation , " another person's name stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now intro- duced : " Though ...
... occasion of his " hitching in a rhyme ; " for that in the ori- ginal copy of Goldsmith's character of Mr. Burke , in his " Retaliation , " another person's name stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now intro- duced : " Though ...
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