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 149
... remark in that great kingdom , his very accurate observation , and peculiar vigour of thought and illustration , would have produced a wonder- ful work . During his visit to it , which lasted but about two months , he wrote notes or ...
... remark in that great kingdom , his very accurate observation , and peculiar vigour of thought and illustration , would have produced a wonder- ful work . During his visit to it , which lasted but about two months , he wrote notes or ...
Page 272
... remark : ' Each might his several province well command , Would all but stoop to what they understand . " " BOSWELL . " And his plays are good . " JOHNSON . " Yes ; but that was his trade ; l'esprit du corps ; he had been all his life ...
... remark : ' Each might his several province well command , Would all but stoop to what they understand . " " BOSWELL . " And his plays are good . " JOHNSON . " Yes ; but that was his trade ; l'esprit du corps ; he had been all his life ...
Page 368
... remark to any particular instance , and certainly not to his kindness to me . If a profuse man , who does not value ... remark about the dog , if made by me , was such a sally as might escape one when painting a man highly . " On Tuesday ...
... remark to any particular instance , and certainly not to his kindness to me . If a profuse man , who does not value ... remark about the dog , if made by me , was such a sally as might escape one when painting a man highly . " On Tuesday ...
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