The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 1J. Murray, 1835 |
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Pàgina xiv
... eminent part of the family pedigree . With less activity , less indiscretion , less curiosity , less enthusiasm , he might , per- haps , have been what the old lord would , no doubt , have thought more respectable ; and have been ...
... eminent part of the family pedigree . With less activity , less indiscretion , less curiosity , less enthusiasm , he might , per- haps , have been what the old lord would , no doubt , have thought more respectable ; and have been ...
Pàgina xvii
... eminent per- sons to whom it relates , and the quantity of miscellaneous information and entertaining gossip which it brings together , his Life of Johnson may be termed , without exception , the best parlour - window book that ever was ...
... eminent per- sons to whom it relates , and the quantity of miscellaneous information and entertaining gossip which it brings together , his Life of Johnson may be termed , without exception , the best parlour - window book that ever was ...
Pàgina xviii
... eminent men : but they do not grow out of the occasion : we do not know at whose house such a thing hap- pened , nor the effect it had on those who were present . We have good things served up in sandwiches , but we do not sit down , as ...
... eminent men : but they do not grow out of the occasion : we do not know at whose house such a thing hap- pened , nor the effect it had on those who were present . We have good things served up in sandwiches , but we do not sit down , as ...
Pàgina 4
... eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedi- cation , when I mention that there has been a long and uninterrupted friendship ...
... eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedi- cation , when I mention that there has been a long and uninterrupted friendship ...
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... eminent as the Head of a College , as a writer , and as a ( 1 ) [ Dr. Thomas Warton , the historian of English poetry , died May 21. 1790 , aged 63. Dr. Adams died Jan. 13. 1789 , aged 82.j - 6 most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from ...
... eminent as the Head of a College , as a writer , and as a ( 1 ) [ Dr. Thomas Warton , the historian of English poetry , died May 21. 1790 , aged 63. Dr. Adams died Jan. 13. 1789 , aged 82.j - 6 most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from ...
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