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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... speaking of it to Garrick . ' I like it much , " said he ; " I think I shall be of you . " When Sir 1 Life of Johnson , p . 425 ( note ) . 2 From Sir Joshua Reynolds . 66 The knight having refused to pay his portion of the reckoning for ...
... speaking of it to Garrick . ' I like it much , " said he ; " I think I shall be of you . " When Sir 1 Life of Johnson , p . 425 ( note ) . 2 From Sir Joshua Reynolds . 66 The knight having refused to pay his portion of the reckoning for ...
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... speaking his own sentiments . Notwithstanding his long silence , I never omitted to write to him , when I had any thing worthy of communi- cating . I generally kept copies of my letters to him , that might have a full view of our ...
... speaking his own sentiments . Notwithstanding his long silence , I never omitted to write to him , when I had any thing worthy of communi- cating . I generally kept copies of my letters to him , that might have a full view of our ...
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... speak ; and that his learning resembled Garrick's acting , in its universality . " His Majesty then talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seemed to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson ...
... speak ; and that his learning resembled Garrick's acting , in its universality . " His Majesty then talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth , which he seemed to have read , and asked Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson ...
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... speak better of them than they deserved , without any ill intention : for , as Kings had much in their power to give , those who were favoured by them would frequently , from gratitude , exaggerate their praises and as this proceeded ...
... speak better of them than they deserved , without any ill intention : for , as Kings had much in their power to give , those who were favoured by them would frequently , from gratitude , exaggerate their praises and as this proceeded ...
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... speak of his correspondence , I consider it independent of the voluminous collection of letters , which , in the course of many years , he wrote to Mrs. Thrale , -which forms a separate part of his works ; and , as a proof of the high ...
... speak of his correspondence , I consider it independent of the voluminous collection of letters , which , in the course of many years , he wrote to Mrs. Thrale , -which forms a separate part of his works ; and , as a proof of the high ...
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