Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D."A chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson, LLD.": pages xiv-xvii |
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... talked violently against the Roman Catholicks , and of the horrours of the Inquisition . To the utter astonishment of all the passengers but myself , who knew that he could talk upon any side of a question , he defended the Inquisition ...
... talked violently against the Roman Catholicks , and of the horrours of the Inquisition . To the utter astonishment of all the passengers but myself , who knew that he could talk upon any side of a question , he defended the Inquisition ...
Page 162
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? " Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
... talked bawdy ; or that you had seen him in the cart at Tyburn , and he neither swore nor talked bawdy . And is it thus , Sir , that you presume to controvert what I have related ? " Dr. Johnson's animadversion was uttered in such a ...
Page 214
... talked of the melancholy end of a gentle- man who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . " It was owing to imaginary difficulties in his af- fairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . " BosWELL . “ Do you ...
... talked of the melancholy end of a gentle- man who had destroyed himself . JOHNSON . " It was owing to imaginary difficulties in his af- fairs , which , had he talked with any friend , would soon have vanished . " BosWELL . “ Do you ...
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