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 91
... look forward with delight to this futurity of Whiggism . ” How it ended I know not , as it is cut off abruptly at ... looks , appeared to me to impress him much . ' One was " " A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , occasioned by his late ...
... look forward with delight to this futurity of Whiggism . ” How it ended I know not , as it is cut off abruptly at ... looks , appeared to me to impress him much . ' One was " " A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson , occasioned by his late ...
Page 129
... look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for the contest , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about , and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves , or we ...
... look at the backs of books . " Johnson , ever ready for the contest , instantly started from his reverie , wheeled about , and answered , " Sir , the reason is very plain . Knowledge is of two kinds . We know a subject ourselves , or we ...
Page 167
... look back , I am utterly unable to discover ; but human moments are stolen away by a thousand petty impediments which leave no trace behind them . I have been afflicted , through the whole Christmas , with the general disorder , of ...
... look back , I am utterly unable to discover ; but human moments are stolen away by a thousand petty impediments which leave no trace behind them . I have been afflicted , through the whole Christmas , with the general disorder , of ...
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