The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Band 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... answered , " Why , sir , I must do as well as I can . My chief purpose is to give my countrymen a view of what is doing in literature upon the continent ; and I shall have , in a good measure , the choice of my subject , for I shall ...
... answered , " Why , sir , I must do as well as I can . My chief purpose is to give my countrymen a view of what is doing in literature upon the continent ; and I shall have , in a good measure , the choice of my subject , for I shall ...
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... answer to this application , Dr. Johnson wrote the following letter , of which ( to use Dr. Burney's own words ) " if it be remembered that it was written to an obscure young man , who at this time had not much distinguished himself ...
... answer to this application , Dr. Johnson wrote the following letter , of which ( to use Dr. Burney's own words ) " if it be remembered that it was written to an obscure young man , who at this time had not much distinguished himself ...
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... ( answered the messenger ) he ( 1 ) [ Opposite Catherine Street . In 1767 Millar was suc- ceeded , in the same house , by the late Mr. Alderman Cadell , whose son is the present occupier . 1835. ] " I am said , thank GOD I have done 33 ...
... ( answered the messenger ) he ( 1 ) [ Opposite Catherine Street . In 1767 Millar was suc- ceeded , in the same house , by the late Mr. Alderman Cadell , whose son is the present occupier . 1835. ] " I am said , thank GOD I have done 33 ...
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... answered , " Ignorance , Madam , pure ignorance . " His definition of Network [ " any thing reticulated or decussated at equal distances , with interstices between the intersections " ] has been often quoted with sportive malignity , as ...
... answered , " Ignorance , Madam , pure ignorance . " His definition of Network [ " any thing reticulated or decussated at equal distances , with interstices between the intersections " ] has been often quoted with sportive malignity , as ...
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... answer is necessary than that with which we are furnished by his own Preface : - " To explain , requires the use of terms less abstruse than that which is to be explained , and such terms can- not always be found . For , as nothing can ...
... answer is necessary than that with which we are furnished by his own Preface : - " To explain , requires the use of terms less abstruse than that which is to be explained , and such terms can- not always be found . For , as nothing can ...
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