The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4J. Murray, 1839 |
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... ancient ; when all those who can now bear testimony to the transcendent powers of his mind shall have passed away , and no other memorial of this great and good man shall remain but the following Journal , ' the other anecdotes and ...
... ancient ; when all those who can now bear testimony to the transcendent powers of his mind shall have passed away , and no other memorial of this great and good man shall remain but the following Journal , ' the other anecdotes and ...
Pagina 8
... of the cast of an ancient statue , but somewhat disfigured by the scars of that evil , which , it was formerly imagined , the royal touch could cure . He was now Savn : Johnson . in his sixty - fourth year 8 1773 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... of the cast of an ancient statue , but somewhat disfigured by the scars of that evil , which , it was formerly imagined , the royal touch could cure . He was now Savn : Johnson . in his sixty - fourth year 8 1773 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
Pagina 10
... ancient Greeks and Romans , he allowed himself to look upon all nations but his own as barbarians : not only Hibernia and Scotland , but Spain , Italy , and France , are attacked in the same poem . If he was particularly prejudiced ...
... ancient Greeks and Romans , he allowed himself to look upon all nations but his own as barbarians : not only Hibernia and Scotland , but Spain , Italy , and France , are attacked in the same poem . If he was particularly prejudiced ...
Pagina 14
... ancient trial by duel . He did not think it so absurd as is generally supposed ; " for , " said he , " it was only allowed when the question was in equilibrio , as when one affirmed and another denied ; and they had a notion that ...
... ancient trial by duel . He did not think it so absurd as is generally supposed ; " for , " said he , " it was only allowed when the question was in equilibrio , as when one affirmed and another denied ; and they had a notion that ...
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... ancient philosopher said , man was " a two - legged animal without feathers ; " upon which his rival sage had a cock plucked bare , and set him down in the school before all the disciples , as a " philosophic man . " Dr. Franklin said ...
... ancient philosopher said , man was " a two - legged animal without feathers ; " upon which his rival sage had a cock plucked bare , and set him down in the school before all the disciples , as a " philosophic man . " Dr. Franklin said ...
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