The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Carter, Hendee and Company, 1832 |
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Pagina iii
... observed that all works which describe manners require notes in sixty or seventy years or less . " Post , vol . i . pp . 304-5 . And Dean Swift wrote to Pope on the subject of the Dunciad , " I could wish the notes to be very large in ...
... observed that all works which describe manners require notes in sixty or seventy years or less . " Post , vol . i . pp . 304-5 . And Dean Swift wrote to Pope on the subject of the Dunciad , " I could wish the notes to be very large in ...
Pagina 2
... observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he suddenly stopped . " My boys , " said he , " let us be grave - here ... observe , as a specimen of my trouble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run It is painful to me to think , that ...
... observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he suddenly stopped . " My boys , " said he , " let us be grave - here ... observe , as a specimen of my trouble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run It is painful to me to think , that ...
Pagina 15
... observed to jus- tify thus early the editor's opinion , that even in the small matters in which Boswell delights to accuse Mrs. Piozzi of inaccuracy , she is some- times probably as correct as he is.-ED. ] " When Dr. Sacheverel was at ...
... observed to jus- tify thus early the editor's opinion , that even in the small matters in which Boswell delights to accuse Mrs. Piozzi of inaccuracy , she is some- times probably as correct as he is.-ED. ] " When Dr. Sacheverel was at ...
Pagina 15
... observe , that in no other respect could I discern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his ... observed resembled a cone , he corrected my inaccuracy , by show- 2 [ This anecdote of the duck , though disproved ...
... observe , that in no other respect could I discern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his ... observed resembled a cone , he corrected my inaccuracy , by show- 2 [ This anecdote of the duck , though disproved ...
Pagina 24
... observed , that after a prayer on his birthday in 1738 , Johnson ( on transcribing it in 1768 ) adds , " This is the first solemn prayer of which I have a copy ; whether I composed any before this , I question . " Pr . and Med . p . 3 ...
... observed , that after a prayer on his birthday in 1738 , Johnson ( on transcribing it in 1768 ) adds , " This is the first solemn prayer of which I have a copy ; whether I composed any before this , I question . " Pr . and Med . p . 3 ...
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