Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 374
... Croker conceives that he has detected an inaccuracy , and glories over poor Sir Joseph in a most characteristic manner . " I have quoted this anecdote solely with the view of showing to how little credit hearsay anecdotes are in general ...
... Croker conceives that he has detected an inaccuracy , and glories over poor Sir Joseph in a most characteristic manner . " I have quoted this anecdote solely with the view of showing to how little credit hearsay anecdotes are in general ...
Pagina 375
... Croker . The fact is , that Johnson took his Master's degree in 1754 , † and his Doctor's degree in 1775. In the spring of 1776 , § he paid a visit to Oxford , and at this visit a conversation respecting the works of Home and Macpherson ...
... Croker . The fact is , that Johnson took his Master's degree in 1754 , † and his Doctor's degree in 1775. In the spring of 1776 , § he paid a visit to Oxford , and at this visit a conversation respecting the works of Home and Macpherson ...
Pagina 376
... Croker , unsupported by other evidence , as sufficient to justify any writer who may follow him in relating a single anecdote or in assigning a date to a single event . Mr. Croker shows almost as much ignorance and heedlessness in his ...
... Croker , unsupported by other evidence , as sufficient to justify any writer who may follow him in relating a single anecdote or in assigning a date to a single event . Mr. Croker shows almost as much ignorance and heedlessness in his ...
Pagina 377
... Croker was saved , as he informs us , by Sir Robert Peel , who quoted a passage exactly in point from Horace . We heartily wish that Sir Robert , whose classical attainments are well known , had been more frequently consulted ...
... Croker was saved , as he informs us , by Sir Robert Peel , who quoted a passage exactly in point from Horace . We heartily wish that Sir Robert , whose classical attainments are well known , had been more frequently consulted ...
Pagina 379
... Croker trans- lates the words as follows : " If you consent , pray tell the messenger to bring Holder to me . " * If Mr. Croker is resolved to write on points of classical learning , we would advise him to begin by giving an hour every ...
... Croker trans- lates the words as follows : " If you consent , pray tell the messenger to bring Holder to me . " * If Mr. Croker is resolved to write on points of classical learning , we would advise him to begin by giving an hour every ...
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