Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Volume 4Harper, 1891 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... deep ' ( ante , May 2 , 1780 ) , is lively enough ; but ' the particulars of the conversation ' which he neglects , Boswell would have given us in full . IV . - I separately 2 Theocritus and Virgil . [ A.D. 1780 . separately.
... deep ' ( ante , May 2 , 1780 ) , is lively enough ; but ' the particulars of the conversation ' which he neglects , Boswell would have given us in full . IV . - I separately 2 Theocritus and Virgil . [ A.D. 1780 . separately.
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... given to them . His book of the Dialects ' is a sad heap of confusion ; the only way to write on them is to tabulate them with Notes , added at the bottom of the page , and references . ' ' It may be questioned , whether there is not ...
... given to them . His book of the Dialects ' is a sad heap of confusion ; the only way to write on them is to tabulate them with Notes , added at the bottom of the page , and references . ' ' It may be questioned , whether there is not ...
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... given dignity to a bishop ; " and of Mr. Thomas Davies he said , " Sir , Davies has learning enough to give credit to a clergy- man ' . " ' He used to quote , with great warmth , the saying of Aristotle recorded by Diogenes Laertius ...
... given dignity to a bishop ; " and of Mr. Thomas Davies he said , " Sir , Davies has learning enough to give credit to a clergy- man ' . " ' He used to quote , with great warmth , the saying of Aristotle recorded by Diogenes Laertius ...
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... given of the two . He had scarce done with the woman , when he pulled his hat off to another who was coming the same way . -An ancient gentleman came slowly - and , after him , a young smart one - He let them both pass , and asked ...
... given of the two . He had scarce done with the woman , when he pulled his hat off to another who was coming the same way . -An ancient gentleman came slowly - and , after him , a young smart one - He let them both pass , and asked ...
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... given by Lucian of the ancient Sage , ' ἄριστον ὧν οἶδα ἐγὼ φιλοσόφων γενόμενον , the best philosopher whom I have ever seen or known . ' 1781 ÆTAT . 72 . ] - In 1781 Johnson at last completed his Lives of the Poets , of which he gives ...
... given by Lucian of the ancient Sage , ' ἄριστον ὧν οἶδα ἐγὼ φιλοσόφων γενόμενον , the best philosopher whom I have ever seen or known . ' 1781 ÆTAT . 72 . ] - In 1781 Johnson at last completed his Lives of the Poets , of which he gives ...
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