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
... present age affords ; and said , " nothing is more easy than to write enough in that style if once you begin . " 2 One gentleman in company expressing his opinion “ that Fingal was certainly genuine , for that he had heard a great part ...
... present age affords ; and said , " nothing is more easy than to write enough in that style if once you begin . " 2 One gentleman in company expressing his opinion “ that Fingal was certainly genuine , for that he had heard a great part ...
Pagina 21
... present . This is all that I can recollect distinctly of that long conversation . Yours sincerely , " HUGH BLAIR . " At Lord Hailes's we spent a most agreeable day ; but again I must lament that I was so indolent as to let almost all ...
... present . This is all that I can recollect distinctly of that long conversation . Yours sincerely , " HUGH BLAIR . " At Lord Hailes's we spent a most agreeable day ; but again I must lament that I was so indolent as to let almost all ...
Pagina 23
... present , very handsomely said , " Might not the son have justified the fault ? " My friend was much flattered by this compliment , which he never forgot . When in more than ordinary spirits , and talking of his journey in Scotland , he ...
... present , very handsomely said , " Might not the son have justified the fault ? " My friend was much flattered by this compliment , which he never forgot . When in more than ordinary spirits , and talking of his journey in Scotland , he ...
Pagina 29
... present the public with a correspondence with the laird of Rasay , concerning a passage in the " Journey to the Western Islands , " which shows Dr. Johnson in a very amiable light . LETTER 168. THE LAIRD OF RASAY TO MR . BOSWELL ...
... present the public with a correspondence with the laird of Rasay , concerning a passage in the " Journey to the Western Islands , " which shows Dr. Johnson in a very amiable light . LETTER 168. THE LAIRD OF RASAY TO MR . BOSWELL ...
Pagina 30
... present laird , or his grandfather , nor could I have any temptation to such a renuncia- tion from either of them . I acknowledge the benefit of being chief of a clan is in our days of very little significancy , and to trace out the ...
... present laird , or his grandfather , nor could I have any temptation to such a renuncia- tion from either of them . I acknowledge the benefit of being chief of a clan is in our days of very little significancy , and to trace out the ...
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