The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 4H. G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... expression . He united a most logical head with a most fertile imagination , which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reason close or wide , as he saw best for the moment . He could , when he chose it , be the ...
... expression . He united a most logical head with a most fertile imagination , which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reason close or wide , as he saw best for the moment . He could , when he chose it , be the ...
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... expressed . The village seemed to be irregularly built , some of the houses being of clay , some of brick , and some of brick and stone . Dr. Johnson observed , they thatched well here . I was a little acquainted with Mr. Forbes , the ...
... expressed . The village seemed to be irregularly built , some of the houses being of clay , some of brick , and some of brick and stone . Dr. Johnson observed , they thatched well here . I was a little acquainted with Mr. Forbes , the ...
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... expression is debased , to debase the character When Gory was about to part from us , Dr Johnson called to him , " Mr. Gory , give me leave to ask you a question ! are you baptised ? " Gory told him he was and confirmed by the Bishop of ...
... expression is debased , to debase the character When Gory was about to part from us , Dr Johnson called to him , " Mr. Gory , give me leave to ask you a question ! are you baptised ? " Gory told him he was and confirmed by the Bishop of ...
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... expression of Dr. John- son's to him , on his attempting to prosecute a sub- ject that had a reference to religion , beyond the bounds within which the Doctor thought such topics should be confined in a mixed company . JOHNSON . " What ...
... expression of Dr. John- son's to him , on his attempting to prosecute a sub- ject that had a reference to religion , beyond the bounds within which the Doctor thought such topics should be confined in a mixed company . JOHNSON . " What ...
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... expression as to the family of Errol , " A thousand years have seen it shine . " compared with what went before , was an anti- climax , and that it would have been better , " Ages have seen , " & c . Dr. Johnson said , " So great a ...
... expression as to the family of Errol , " A thousand years have seen it shine . " compared with what went before , was an anti- climax , and that it would have been better , " Ages have seen , " & c . Dr. Johnson said , " So great a ...
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