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 154
... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which John- son answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The King then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which John- son answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The King then asked him what they were doing at Oxford ...
Page 155
... asked him what he thought of Lord Lyttelton's History , which was then just published . Johnson said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the Second rather too much . " Why , ( said the King , ) they seldom ...
... asked him what he thought of Lord Lyttelton's History , which was then just published . Johnson said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the Second rather too much . " Why , ( said the King , ) they seldom ...
Page 443
... asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had opposed it , he said , ' Sir , among the anfractuosities of the hu- man ...
... asked Mr. Langton if his father and mother had sat for their pictures , which he thought it right for each generation of a family to do , and being told they had opposed it , he said , ' Sir , among the anfractuosities of the hu- man ...
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