Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D."A chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson, LLD.": pages xiv-xvii |
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Page 122
... Whig ; for Whig- gism is a negation of all principle . " He advised me , when abroad , to be as much as I could with the Professors in the Universities , and with the Clergy ; for from their conversation I might expect the best accounts ...
... Whig ; for Whig- gism is a negation of all principle . " He advised me , when abroad , to be as much as I could with the Professors in the Universities , and with the Clergy ; for from their conversation I might expect the best accounts ...
Page 326
... Whig , and Whigs a Tory . I wish you would look more into his book ; and as Lord Mountstuart wishes much to find a proper person to continue the work upon Gran- ger's plan , and has desired I would mention it to you ; if such a man ...
... Whig , and Whigs a Tory . I wish you would look more into his book ; and as Lord Mountstuart wishes much to find a proper person to continue the work upon Gran- ger's plan , and has desired I would mention it to you ; if such a man ...
Page 387
... Whig , Sir ; a sad dog . ( smiling at his own violent expressions , merely for political difference of opinion ... Whig " ; I admired the virtues of Lord Russell , and pitied his fall . I should have been a Whig at the Revolution . There ...
... Whig , Sir ; a sad dog . ( smiling at his own violent expressions , merely for political difference of opinion ... Whig " ; I admired the virtues of Lord Russell , and pitied his fall . I should have been a Whig at the Revolution . There ...
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