The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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Pagina 13
... given in the negative , " Why , then , " said Dr. Johnson , " we see to what this testimony comes : thus it is . " I mentioned this as a remarkable proof how liable the mind of man is to credulity , when not guarded by such strict ...
... given in the negative , " Why , then , " said Dr. Johnson , " we see to what this testimony comes : thus it is . " I mentioned this as a remarkable proof how liable the mind of man is to credulity , when not guarded by such strict ...
Pagina 22
... given liberal praise to Mr. Braidwood's academy for the deaf and dumb . ' When he visited it , a circumstance occurred which was truly char- acteristical of our great lexicographer . ' Pray , " said he , can they pronounce any long ...
... given liberal praise to Mr. Braidwood's academy for the deaf and dumb . ' When he visited it , a circumstance occurred which was truly char- acteristical of our great lexicographer . ' Pray , " said he , can they pronounce any long ...
Pagina 33
... given us , to have known their petty habits , their characteristic manners , their modes of composition , and their genuine opinion of preceding writers and of their contemporaries ? Al . these are now irrecoverably lost . Considering ...
... given us , to have known their petty habits , their characteristic manners , their modes of composition , and their genuine opinion of preceding writers and of their contemporaries ? Al . these are now irrecoverably lost . Considering ...
Pagina 46
... Dr. Johnson wrote , " If my delay has given any reason for supposing that I have not a very deep sense of the honour done me by asking my judgment , I am very sorry . " ETAT . 65 . CORRESPONDENCE . 41 you find , 45 1774 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... Dr. Johnson wrote , " If my delay has given any reason for supposing that I have not a very deep sense of the honour done me by asking my judgment , I am very sorry . " ETAT . 65 . CORRESPONDENCE . 41 you find , 45 1774 LIFE OF JOHNSON .
Pagina 47
... given me an inscription for a portrait of Mary Queen of Scots , in which you , in a short and striking manner , point out her hard fate . But 66 1 Although his Letters and his Prayers and Meditations speak of his late illness as merely ...
... given me an inscription for a portrait of Mary Queen of Scots , in which you , in a short and striking manner , point out her hard fate . But 66 1 Although his Letters and his Prayers and Meditations speak of his late illness as merely ...
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