The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6J. Murray, 1839 |
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Pagina 24
... expression of sur- prise , he answered , " because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though Johnson understood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I - any . I spoke only Latin , and I could not have much ...
... expression of sur- prise , he answered , " because I think my French is as good as his English . " Though Johnson understood French perfectly , he could not speak it readily , as I - any . I spoke only Latin , and I could not have much ...
Pagina 26
... expressed his astonishment at Johnson's Latin conversation . ( 2 ) When at Paris , Johnson ( 1 ) See ant่ , Vol . III . p . 140. Boscovich was a jesuit , born at Ragusa in 1711 , who first introduced the Newtonian philo- sophy into ...
... expressed his astonishment at Johnson's Latin conversation . ( 2 ) When at Paris , Johnson ( 1 ) See ant่ , Vol . III . p . 140. Boscovich was a jesuit , born at Ragusa in 1711 , who first introduced the Newtonian philo- sophy into ...
Pagina 54
... expressed our congenial admiration and affec- tion for him . I shall ever recollect this scene with great pleasure . I exclaimed to her , " I am now , in- tellectually , Hermippus redivivus ( 1 ) ; I am quite restored by him , by ...
... expressed our congenial admiration and affec- tion for him . I shall ever recollect this scene with great pleasure . I exclaimed to her , " I am now , in- tellectually , Hermippus redivivus ( 1 ) ; I am quite restored by him , by ...
Pagina 55
... expressed my opinion that the power of entailing should be limited thus : " That there should be one- third , or perhaps one - half of the land of a country kept free for commerce ; that the proportion allowed to be entailed should be ...
... expressed my opinion that the power of entailing should be limited thus : " That there should be one- third , or perhaps one - half of the land of a country kept free for commerce ; that the proportion allowed to be entailed should be ...
Pagina 68
... expressed his disapprobation of orna- mental architecture , such as magnificent columns supporting a portico , or expensive pilasters sup- porting merely their own capitals , " because it con- sumes labour disproportionate to its ...
... expressed his disapprobation of orna- mental architecture , such as magnificent columns supporting a portico , or expensive pilasters sup- porting merely their own capitals , " because it con- sumes labour disproportionate to its ...
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