The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... thought , con- clude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life 8 This alludes to the first sentence of the Proamium of my Thesis . " JURISPRUDENTIA studio nullum uberius , nullum generosius : in legibus enim agitandis , populorum ...
... thought , con- clude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life 8 This alludes to the first sentence of the Proamium of my Thesis . " JURISPRUDENTIA studio nullum uberius , nullum generosius : in legibus enim agitandis , populorum ...
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... thought he had already done his part as a writer . " I should have thought so too , ( said the King , ) if you had not writ- ten so well . " - Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ...
... thought he had already done his part as a writer . " I should have thought so too , ( said the King , ) if you had not writ- ten so well . " - Johnson observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer com- pliment ...
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... thought of Lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just pub- lished . 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 do these things by ...
... thought of Lord Lyttelton's history , which was then just pub- lished . 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 do these things by ...
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... thought of Dr. Hill . Johnson answered , that he was an inge- nious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately mentioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a much greater degree ...
... thought of Dr. Hill . Johnson answered , that he was an inge- nious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately mentioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a much greater degree ...
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... thought which beamed in his eye , turned quickly round , and replied , " True , Sir : and when we see a very foolish fellow , we don't know what to think of him . " He then rose up , strided to the fire , and stood for some time laugh ...
... thought which beamed in his eye , turned quickly round , and replied , " True , Sir : and when we see a very foolish fellow , we don't know what to think of him . " He then rose up , strided to the fire , and stood for some time laugh ...
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