Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 Seiten |
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... talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seemed to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , " Warburton has most general , most scholastic , learning ; Lowth is the more correct ...
... talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seemed to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , " Warburton has most general , most scholastic , learning ; Lowth is the more correct ...
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... talked of Tacitus , and I hazarded an woman's voice . JOHNSON : " No , Sir , if a opinion , that with all his merit for penetra - serpent or a toad uttered it , you would think tion , shrewdness of judgment , and terseness of expression ...
... talked of Tacitus , and I hazarded an woman's voice . JOHNSON : " No , Sir , if a opinion , that with all his merit for penetra - serpent or a toad uttered it , you would think tion , shrewdness of judgment , and terseness of expression ...
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... talked , with a certain political lady , since you are so severe against her principles . " JOHNSON : " Nay , Sir , I have the better chance for that . She is like the Amazons of old ; she must be courted by the sword . But I have not ...
... talked , with a certain political lady , since you are so severe against her principles . " JOHNSON : " Nay , Sir , I have the better chance for that . She is like the Amazons of old ; she must be courted by the sword . But I have not ...
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