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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... heard him express great Ætat . 67 . disgust . " Johnson had with him upon this jaunt , " Il Pal- merino d'Inghilterra , a romance praised by Cer- vantes ; but did not like it much . He said , he read it for the language , by way of ...
... heard him express great Ætat . 67 . disgust . " Johnson had with him upon this jaunt , " Il Pal- merino d'Inghilterra , a romance praised by Cer- vantes ; but did not like it much . He said , he read it for the language , by way of ...
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... heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . — I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at Westminster . I cannot say which ...
... heard to - day , in his determination to send his own son to Westminster school . — I have acted in the same manner with regard to my own two sons ; having placed the eldest at Eton , and the second at Westminster . I cannot say which ...
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... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and therefore would sometimes in con ...
... heard him talk once before in the same manner ; and at Oxford he said , " he wished he had learned to play at cards . " The truth , however , is , that he loved to display his ingenuity in argument ; and therefore would sometimes in con ...
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... heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : " I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the after- noon service . Thrale said , he had come with inten- tion ...
... heard Johnson pay his Lordship this high compliment : " I never was in Lord Elibank's company without learning something . " We sat together till it was too late for the after- noon service . Thrale said , he had come with inten- tion ...
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... heard John- son repeat : it stamps a value on them . He told us , that the book entitled " The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , " was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels , a Scotchman , one of his amanuenses . 4 In the Monthly Review ...
... heard John- son repeat : it stamps a value on them . He told us , that the book entitled " The Lives of the Poets , by Mr. Cibber , " was entirely compiled by Mr. Shiels , a Scotchman , one of his amanuenses . 4 In the Monthly Review ...
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