The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pagina's |
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Pagina xi
... Hector , Mr. Porter , & c . - Trans- lation of Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia - Specimen of Early Style - Return to Lich- field - Birmingham again - First Letter to Cave , Proprietor of " Gentleman's Magazine " -Youthful Amatory Verses ...
... Hector , Mr. Porter , & c . - Trans- lation of Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia - Specimen of Early Style - Return to Lich- field - Birmingham again - First Letter to Cave , Proprietor of " Gentleman's Magazine " -Youthful Amatory Verses ...
Pagina 3
... Hector , surgeon , of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her son . He said , " she had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her son's value . " Her piety was not inferior to her understanding ; and to her must be ascribed ...
... Hector , surgeon , of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her son . He said , " she had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her son's value . " Her piety was not inferior to her understanding ; and to her must be ascribed ...
Pagina 7
... Hector informed me , acted by the advice of the celebrated Sir John Floyer , then a physician in Lichfield . Johnson used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene as it ...
... Hector informed me , acted by the advice of the celebrated Sir John Floyer , then a physician in Lichfield . Johnson used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene as it ...
Pagina 9
... Hector , has obligingly furnished me with many particulars of his boyish days ; and assured me that he never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ...
... Hector , has obligingly furnished me with many particulars of his boyish days ; and assured me that he never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and diverting other boys from their business . He seemed to learn by intuition ...
Pagina 10
... Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him , and thus he was borne triumphant ...
... Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attendants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him , and thus he was borne triumphant ...
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