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 17
... took Mr. Boswell's way of writing down what he heard , or , which is as good , preserved it in his memory ; for he has a wonderful memory . " With the leave , however , of this elegant historian , no man's memory can preserve facts or ...
... took Mr. Boswell's way of writing down what he heard , or , which is as good , preserved it in his memory ; for he has a wonderful memory . " With the leave , however , of this elegant historian , no man's memory can preserve facts or ...
Pagina 19
... took care to be always surrounded by women , who listened to him implicitly , and did not venture to controvert his opinions : and that his desire of distinction was so great , that he used to give large vails to Speaker Onslow's ...
... took care to be always surrounded by women , who listened to him implicitly , and did not venture to controvert his opinions : and that his desire of distinction was so great , that he used to give large vails to Speaker Onslow's ...
Pagina 23
... took a place in the coach , which was to set out for London on Monday the 22d of November . Sir John Dalrymple pressed him to come on the Saturday before , to his house at Cranston , which being twelve miles from Edinburgh , upon the ...
... took a place in the coach , which was to set out for London on Monday the 22d of November . Sir John Dalrymple pressed him to come on the Saturday before , to his house at Cranston , which being twelve miles from Edinburgh , upon the ...
Pagina 25
... took him up . He had , as one of his companions in it , as far as Newcastle , the worthy and ingenious Dr. Hope , botanical professor at Edinburgh . Both Dr. Johnson and he used to speak of their good fortune in thus accident- 1 Essex ...
... took him up . He had , as one of his companions in it , as far as Newcastle , the worthy and ingenious Dr. Hope , botanical professor at Edinburgh . Both Dr. Johnson and he used to speak of their good fortune in thus accident- 1 Essex ...
Pagina 34
... took the trouble publicly to disprove ; yet , like one of Pope's dunces , he persevered in " the lie o'erthrown . " As to the charge of defamation , there is an obvious and certain mode of refuting it . Any person who thinks it worth ...
... took the trouble publicly to disprove ; yet , like one of Pope's dunces , he persevered in " the lie o'erthrown . " As to the charge of defamation , there is an obvious and certain mode of refuting it . Any person who thinks it worth ...
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