Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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Page 115
... eminent for his variety of know- ledge , and attention to men of talents , and knew him well , told me , that when he called on him in a morning , he found him reading a chapter in the Greek New Tes- tament , which he informed his ...
... eminent for his variety of know- ledge , and attention to men of talents , and knew him well , told me , that when he called on him in a morning , he found him reading a chapter in the Greek New Tes- tament , which he informed his ...
Page 208
... eminent Grecian . not sure of that . His friends give him out as such , but I know not who of his friends are able to judge of it . " GOLDSMITH : " He is what is much better : he is a wor- thy humane man . " JOHNSON : " Nay , Sir , that ...
... eminent Grecian . not sure of that . His friends give him out as such , but I know not who of his friends are able to judge of it . " GOLDSMITH : " He is what is much better : he is a wor- thy humane man . " JOHNSON : " Nay , Sir , that ...
Page 443
... eminent cha- racters together . The interview proved to be mutually agreeable . I am well informed , that Warburton said of Johnson , " I admire him , but I cannot bear his style : " and that Johnson being told of this , said , " That ...
... eminent cha- racters together . The interview proved to be mutually agreeable . I am well informed , that Warburton said of Johnson , " I admire him , but I cannot bear his style : " and that Johnson being told of this , said , " That ...
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