The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Page 87
... learned , if any learned there were , could ; but knowing by that learning some written language , in that language they wrote , as letters had never been applied to their own . If there are manuscripts , let them be shown , with some ...
... learned , if any learned there were , could ; but knowing by that learning some written language , in that language they wrote , as letters had never been applied to their own . If there are manuscripts , let them be shown , with some ...
Page 258
... learned Gibbon was a curious counterbalance to the learned ( may I not say less learned ? ) Johnson . Their manners and taste , both in writing and conversation , were as dif- ferent as their habiliments . On the day I first sat down ...
... learned Gibbon was a curious counterbalance to the learned ( may I not say less learned ? ) Johnson . Their manners and taste , both in writing and conversation , were as dif- ferent as their habiliments . On the day I first sat down ...
Page 303
... learned Dr. Zachary Pearce , bishop of Roches- ter ; being " A commentary , with Notes , on the four Evangelists and the Acts of the Apostles , " with other theological pieces . John- son had now an opportunity of making a grateful ...
... learned Dr. Zachary Pearce , bishop of Roches- ter ; being " A commentary , with Notes , on the four Evangelists and the Acts of the Apostles , " with other theological pieces . John- son had now an opportunity of making a grateful ...
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