The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... thing on which we have a present dependence and is well applied to a man of distinguished influence , - our support , our refuge , our præsidium , as Horace calls Mæcenas . So , Æneid xii . 1. 57. , Queen Amata ad- dresses her son - in ...
... thing on which we have a present dependence and is well applied to a man of distinguished influence , - our support , our refuge , our præsidium , as Horace calls Mæcenas . So , Æneid xii . 1. 57. , Queen Amata ad- dresses her son - in ...
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... thing . He answered , he was not , for he had pretty of Leeds , then one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State , who announced to Sir Francis the royal pleasure con- cerning it by a letter , in these words : " I have the ...
... thing . He answered , he was not , for he had pretty of Leeds , then one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State , who announced to Sir Francis the royal pleasure con- cerning it by a letter , in these words : " I have the ...
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... things by halves . " - " No , Sir , " answered Johnson , " not to Kings . " But fearing to be misunderstood , he proceeded to explain himself ; and immediately subjoined , " That for those who ( 1 ) The Rev. Mr. Strahan clearly ...
... things by halves . " - " No , Sir , " answered Johnson , " not to Kings . " But fearing to be misunderstood , he proceeded to explain himself ; and immediately subjoined , " That for those who ( 1 ) The Rev. Mr. Strahan clearly ...
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... thing which came from his pen , was sold by that lady for the sum of five hundred pounds . - ( 3 ) In his letter to Mr. Drummond , dated Oct. 24. 1767 , he mentions that he had arrived in London , after an absence of nearly six months ...
... thing which came from his pen , was sold by that lady for the sum of five hundred pounds . - ( 3 ) In his letter to Mr. Drummond , dated Oct. 24. 1767 , he mentions that he had arrived in London , after an absence of nearly six months ...
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... thing else recalls to my remem- brance years in which I proposed what , I am afraid , I have not done , and promised myself pleasure which I have not found . " We have the following notice in his devotional record : - 66 August 2. 1767 ...
... thing else recalls to my remem- brance years in which I proposed what , I am afraid , I have not done , and promised myself pleasure which I have not found . " We have the following notice in his devotional record : - 66 August 2. 1767 ...
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