The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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Pagina 33
... considered in it . Do you know Mathematics ? Do you know Natural History ? " Johnson answered , " Why , sir , I must do as well as I can . My chief purpose is to give my countrymen a view of what is doing in literature upon the ...
... considered in it . Do you know Mathematics ? Do you know Natural History ? " Johnson answered , " Why , sir , I must do as well as I can . My chief purpose is to give my countrymen a view of what is doing in literature upon the ...
Pagina 49
... considered as his- tory : but the mysterious secrecy of office , it seems , would not permit it . I am , however , informed , by very good authority , that its import was , that the passage might be considered as actionable ; but that ...
... considered as his- tory : but the mysterious secrecy of office , it seems , would not permit it . I am , however , informed , by very good authority , that its import was , that the passage might be considered as actionable ; but that ...
Pagina 51
... considered that the author was then only in his forty - sixth year . But we must ascribe its gloom to that miserable dejection of spirits to which he was constitutionally subject , and which was aggravated by the death of his wife two ...
... considered that the author was then only in his forty - sixth year . But we must ascribe its gloom to that miserable dejection of spirits to which he was constitutionally subject , and which was aggravated by the death of his wife two ...
Pagina 57
... considered them as the patrons of literature ; and , indeed , although they have eventually been considerable gainers by his Dictionary , it is to them LETTER 49 . To Mr. Richardson . " Gough Square , 16th March , 1756 . " SIR , -I am ...
... considered them as the patrons of literature ; and , indeed , although they have eventually been considerable gainers by his Dictionary , it is to them LETTER 49 . To Mr. Richardson . " Gough Square , 16th March , 1756 . " SIR , -I am ...
Pagina 74
... considered them so absolutely the property of the purchaser , as to renounce all claim to them . He reckoned that he had written about forty sermons ; but , except as to some , knew not in what hands they were ; " I have , " said he ...
... considered them so absolutely the property of the purchaser , as to renounce all claim to them . He reckoned that he had written about forty sermons ; but , except as to some , knew not in what hands they were ; " I have , " said he ...
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