The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour 939 ( 1 ) As to her poems , she many years attempted to publish them : the half - crowns she had got ...
... asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour 939 ( 1 ) As to her poems , she many years attempted to publish them : the half - crowns she had got ...
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... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The King then asked him what they were doing at Ox- ford ...
... asked him if he was not fond of going thither . To which Johnson answered , that he was indeed fond of going to Oxford sometimes , but was likewise glad to come back again . The King then asked him what they were doing at Ox- ford ...
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... asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high compliment , he answered , " No , Sir . When the King had said it , it was to be so . It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign ...
... asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any reply to this high compliment , he answered , " No , Sir . When the King had said it , it was to be so . It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign ...
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... asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , " Warburton has most general , most scholastic learn- ing ; Lowth is the more correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . " The King was pleased to say he was ...
... asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , " Warburton has most general , most scholastic learn- ing ; Lowth is the more correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . " The King was pleased to say he was ...
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... asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill . ( 1 ) Johnson answered , that he was an in- genious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately mentioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified ...
... asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill . ( 1 ) Johnson answered , that he was an in- genious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately mentioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified ...
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