The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3G. Bell, 1884 |
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... merit as well as I do , you would say a great deal : he is the best travelling com- panion in the world . " Somebody mentioned the Reverend Mr. Mason's prosecu- tion of Mr. Murray , the bookseller , for having inserted in a collection ...
... merit as well as I do , you would say a great deal : he is the best travelling com- panion in the world . " Somebody mentioned the Reverend Mr. Mason's prosecu- tion of Mr. Murray , the bookseller , for having inserted in a collection ...
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... merit : ' Mira cano , Sol occubuit , nox nulla secuta est . ” EDWARDS . " You are a philosopher , Dr. Johnson . I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher ; but , I don't know how , cheerfulness was always breaking in . " Mr. Burke ...
... merit : ' Mira cano , Sol occubuit , nox nulla secuta est . ” EDWARDS . " You are a philosopher , Dr. Johnson . I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher ; but , I don't know how , cheerfulness was always breaking in . " Mr. Burke ...
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... merit ; but his fame must rest chiefly upon his " Political Conferences , " in which he introduces several eminent persons delivering their sentiments in the way of dialogue , and discovers a consider- able share of learning , various ...
... merit ; but his fame must rest chiefly upon his " Political Conferences , " in which he introduces several eminent persons delivering their sentiments in the way of dialogue , and discovers a consider- able share of learning , various ...
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... merit . Soon after the Honour- able Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Obser- vations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gentleman ; and , having told him his name , courteously said , " I have ...
... merit . Soon after the Honour- able Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Obser- vations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gentleman ; and , having told him his name , courteously said , " I have ...
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... merit . " JOHNSON . " It was refused by one of the houses ; but I should have thought it would succeed , not from any great excellence in the writing , but from the novelty , and the gene- ral spirit and gaiety of the piece , which ...
... merit . " JOHNSON . " It was refused by one of the houses ; but I should have thought it would succeed , not from any great excellence in the writing , but from the novelty , and the gene- ral spirit and gaiety of the piece , which ...
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