The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1J. Murray, 1839 |
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Pagina 11
... expressions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weak- nesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's authority that in history all ought ...
... expressions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weak- nesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's authority that in history all ought ...
Pagina 63
... expression concerning it to me was , " I did not then know how to manage it . " His distress became so intolerable , that he applied to Dr. Swinfen , physician in Lichfield , his god - father , and put into his hands a state of his case ...
... expression concerning it to me was , " I did not then know how to manage it . " His distress became so intolerable , that he applied to Dr. Swinfen , physician in Lichfield , his god - father , and put into his hands a state of his case ...
Pagina 80
... expression would be liberal and noble ; but if he was his nominal tutor , only because he would have been his tutor if Johnson had returned , the case is different , and Boswell is , either way , guilty of an inaccuracy . CROKER ...
... expression would be liberal and noble ; but if he was his nominal tutor , only because he would have been his tutor if Johnson had returned , the case is different , and Boswell is , either way , guilty of an inaccuracy . CROKER ...
Pagina 93
... expression , which , upon innumerable occasions in his subsequent life , justly impressed the world with the highest admiration . Nor can any one , conversant with the writings of Johnson , fail to discern his hand in this passage of ...
... expression , which , upon innumerable occasions in his subsequent life , justly impressed the world with the highest admiration . Nor can any one , conversant with the writings of Johnson , fail to discern his hand in this passage of ...
Pagina 108
... expression , without which knowledge is of little use . This is necessary in Latin , and more necessary in English ; and can only be acquired by a daily imitation of the best and correctest authors . " SAM . JOHNSON . " ( 1 ) [ Dr ...
... expression , without which knowledge is of little use . This is necessary in Latin , and more necessary in English ; and can only be acquired by a daily imitation of the best and correctest authors . " SAM . JOHNSON . " ( 1 ) [ Dr ...
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