The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 34
... true of some particular man . " Sir William Forbes said , " Might not a man warmed with wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire ? " " Nay , " said Johnson , laughing , I cannot answer that ...
... true of some particular man . " Sir William Forbes said , " Might not a man warmed with wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire ? " " Nay , " said Johnson , laughing , I cannot answer that ...
Page 42
... true , that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting him- self for a little while . Life is a progress from want to want , not from enjoyment to enjoyment . " Though many men are nominally intrusted with the administration of ...
... true , that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting him- self for a little while . Life is a progress from want to want , not from enjoyment to enjoyment . " Though many men are nominally intrusted with the administration of ...
Page 62
... true , as appears from Dr. Hurd the bishop of Worcester's very elegant commentary and notes on the Epistola ad Pisones . It is necessary to a fair consideration of the question , that the whole passage in which the words occur should be ...
... true , as appears from Dr. Hurd the bishop of Worcester's very elegant commentary and notes on the Epistola ad Pisones . It is necessary to a fair consideration of the question , that the whole passage in which the words occur should be ...
Page 67
... true sense of the word ; so much so , that many gentlemen who were long acquainted with him never received , or even heard a strong expres- sion from him . The following letters concerning an epitaph which he wrote for the monument of ...
... true sense of the word ; so much so , that many gentlemen who were long acquainted with him never received , or even heard a strong expres- sion from him . The following letters concerning an epitaph which he wrote for the monument of ...
Page 72
... I was upon the continent ; which was most certainly true but it seems my friend did not remember it . - BOSWELL . very bad news . [ Here a series of reflections 72 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON. ...
... I was upon the continent ; which was most certainly true but it seems my friend did not remember it . - BOSWELL . very bad news . [ Here a series of reflections 72 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON. ...
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