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 18
... passed after this morning , I shall , from memory , group together this and the other days , till that on which Dr. Johnson departed for London . They were in all nine days ; on which he dined at Lady Colvill's , Lord Hailes's , Sir ...
... passed after this morning , I shall , from memory , group together this and the other days , till that on which Dr. Johnson departed for London . They were in all nine days ; on which he dined at Lady Colvill's , Lord Hailes's , Sir ...
Pagina 19
... passed through so many of the great offices of the law . Sir , you may as well maintain that a carrier , who has driven a packhorse between Edinburgh and Berwick for thirty years , does not know the road , as that Lord Mansfield does ...
... passed through so many of the great offices of the law . Sir , you may as well maintain that a carrier , who has driven a packhorse between Edinburgh and Berwick for thirty years , does not know the road , as that Lord Mansfield does ...
Pagina 20
... passed between Dr. Johnson and him alone , this evening , and he obligingly wrote to me as fol- lows : - " " 1 As I have been scrupulously exact in relating anecdotes concerning other person , I shall not withhold any part of this story ...
... passed between Dr. Johnson and him alone , this evening , and he obligingly wrote to me as fol- lows : - " " 1 As I have been scrupulously exact in relating anecdotes concerning other person , I shall not withhold any part of this story ...
Pagina 21
... passed ; but remember that I was both instructed and entertained by it . Among other subjects the discourse happening to to turn on modern Latin poets , the doctor expressed a very favourable opinion of Buchanan , and instantly repeated ...
... passed ; but remember that I was both instructed and entertained by it . Among other subjects the discourse happening to to turn on modern Latin poets , the doctor expressed a very favourable opinion of Buchanan , and instantly repeated ...
Pagina 28
... passed a winter in the country ; and never did three months roll on with more swift- 1 Mr. Orme , one of the ablest historians of this age , is of the same opinion . He said to me , " There are in that book thoughts which , by long ...
... passed a winter in the country ; and never did three months roll on with more swift- 1 Mr. Orme , one of the ablest historians of this age , is of the same opinion . He said to me , " There are in that book thoughts which , by long ...
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