The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... mentioned Dr. Johnson's remark to a lady of admira- ble good sense and quickness of understanding , she observed ... mention that the lady who made it was the late Margaret Montgomerie , my very valu- able wife , and the very ...
... mentioned Dr. Johnson's remark to a lady of admira- ble good sense and quickness of understanding , she observed ... mention that the lady who made it was the late Margaret Montgomerie , my very valu- able wife , and the very ...
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... College . Goldsmith in I 1 [ He was distinguished in college , as appears from a cir- cumstance mentioned by Dr. Kearney . See vol . ii . p . 20 . M.J the same manner recollected more of that friend's early years 8 [ 1777 . THE LIFE OF.
... College . Goldsmith in I 1 [ He was distinguished in college , as appears from a cir- cumstance mentioned by Dr. Kearney . See vol . ii . p . 20 . M.J the same manner recollected more of that friend's early years 8 [ 1777 . THE LIFE OF.
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... mentioned that Lord Monboddo told me , he awaked every morning at four , and then for his health got up and walked in his room naked , with the window open , which he called taking an air bath ; after which he went to bed again , and ...
... mentioned that Lord Monboddo told me , he awaked every morning at four , and then for his health got up and walked in his room naked , with the window open , which he called taking an air bath ; after which he went to bed again , and ...
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... mention a person who was as violent a Scotchman as he was an Englishman ; and literally had the same contempt for an Englishman compared with a Scotchman , that he had for a Scotchman com- pared with an Englishman ; and that he would ...
... mention a person who was as violent a Scotchman as he was an Englishman ; and literally had the same contempt for an Englishman compared with a Scotchman , that he had for a Scotchman com- pared with an Englishman ; and that he would ...
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... mentioned to him that Dr. Hugh Blair , in his lectures on Rhetorick and Belles Lettres , which I heard him deliver at Edinburgh , had animadverted on the Johnsonian style as too pompous ; and at- tempted to imitate it , by giving a ...
... mentioned to him that Dr. Hugh Blair , in his lectures on Rhetorick and Belles Lettres , which I heard him deliver at Edinburgh , had animadverted on the Johnsonian style as too pompous ; and at- tempted to imitate it , by giving a ...
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