The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4J. Murray, 1839 |
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... Poets , Gray found " a poet , a philosopher , and a good man . " My Lord Elibank did not answer my letter to his lordship for some time . The reason will ap- pear when we come to the Isle of Sky . I shall then insert my letter , with ...
... Poets , Gray found " a poet , a philosopher , and a good man . " My Lord Elibank did not answer my letter to his lordship for some time . The reason will ap- pear when we come to the Isle of Sky . I shall then insert my letter , with ...
Pagina 10
... poem , are the fol- lowing nervous lines : " For who could leave , unbribed , Hibernia's land ? Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand ? There none are swept by sudden fate away ; But all , whom hunger spares , with age decay ...
... poem , are the fol- lowing nervous lines : " For who could leave , unbribed , Hibernia's land ? Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand ? There none are swept by sudden fate away ; But all , whom hunger spares , with age decay ...
Pagina 24
... poem . I could as easily apply to law as to tragic poetry . " ( 1 ) BOSWELL . " Yet , Sir , you did apply to tragic poetry , not to law . " JOHNSON . " Because , Sir , I had not money to study law . Sir , the man who has vigour may walk ...
... poem . I could as easily apply to law as to tragic poetry . " ( 1 ) BOSWELL . " Yet , Sir , you did apply to tragic poetry , not to law . " JOHNSON . " Because , Sir , I had not money to study law . Sir , the man who has vigour may walk ...
Pagina 35
... poems calls , " A virtuous palace , where no monarch dwells . " I was much entertained while Principal Robert- son fluently harangued to Dr. Johnson , upon the spot , concerning scenes of his celebrated History of Scotland . We surveyed ...
... poems calls , " A virtuous palace , where no monarch dwells . " I was much entertained while Principal Robert- son fluently harangued to Dr. Johnson , upon the spot , concerning scenes of his celebrated History of Scotland . We surveyed ...
Pagina 39
... Poets , an anecdote of Dr. Blacklock's somnambulism , which may very probably have been one of the topics on this occasion . - C . seemed to be much surprised when Dr. Johnson said , D 4 ÆTAT . 64 . 39 LORD MONBODDO .
... Poets , an anecdote of Dr. Blacklock's somnambulism , which may very probably have been one of the topics on this occasion . - C . seemed to be much surprised when Dr. Johnson said , D 4 ÆTAT . 64 . 39 LORD MONBODDO .
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