The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volumen2G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... March , 1773. - Note in Third Edition , vol . i . , p . 436. - Editor . 3 Letters to and from Dr. Johnson , vol . ii . , p . 387 . 6 The anecdote as given in the passage only partially quoted by Boswell , seems to exonerate Mrs. Piozzi ...
... March , 1773. - Note in Third Edition , vol . i . , p . 436. - Editor . 3 Letters to and from Dr. Johnson , vol . ii . , p . 387 . 6 The anecdote as given in the passage only partially quoted by Boswell , seems to exonerate Mrs. Piozzi ...
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... March , 1785 , being an extract of a letter from the late Dr. John Sharp.2 The two following sentences are very characteristical : - 1 Sir Joshua's sister , for whom Johnson had a particular affection , and to whom he wrote many letters ...
... March , 1785 , being an extract of a letter from the late Dr. John Sharp.2 The two following sentences are very characteristical : - 1 Sir Joshua's sister , for whom Johnson had a particular affection , and to whom he wrote many letters ...
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... March , 1761 , he accompanied Lord Halifax , when that nobleman was made Lord Lieutenant , to Ireland , as his principal secretary . In the Irish House of Commons , in the course of the session which began in November , 1761 , and ended ...
... March , 1761 , he accompanied Lord Halifax , when that nobleman was made Lord Lieutenant , to Ireland , as his principal secretary . In the Irish House of Commons , in the course of the session which began in November , 1761 , and ended ...
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... March 9 , 1766 . " What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the ...
... March 9 , 1766 . " What your friends have done , that from your departure till now nothing has been heard of you , none of us are able to inform the rest ; but as we are all neglected alike , no one thinks himself entitled to the ...
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... March , 1766 , with a prayer " On entering Novum Museum . " Pr . and Med . , p . 68. - Croker . Samuel Dyer , Esq . , a most learned and ingenious member of the " Literary Club , " for whose understanding and attainments Dr. Johnson had ...
... March , 1766 , with a prayer " On entering Novum Museum . " Pr . and Med . , p . 68. - Croker . Samuel Dyer , Esq . , a most learned and ingenious member of the " Literary Club , " for whose understanding and attainments Dr. Johnson had ...
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Página 314 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." I argued warmly against the Judges trading, and mentioned Hale as an instance of a perfect Judge, who devoted himself entirely to his office. JOHNSON. " Hale, Sir, attended to other things besides law : he left a great estate.
Página 24 - In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and...