The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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Page 15
... less than certain , that his own indigence , and the inability of his father to help him , called Johnson from the univerfity fooner than he meant to quit it ; his father , either during his continuance there , or or poffibly before ...
... less than certain , that his own indigence , and the inability of his father to help him , called Johnson from the univerfity fooner than he meant to quit it ; his father , either during his continuance there , or or poffibly before ...
Page 48
... less than fufficient to purchase for them the shelter and fordid comforts of a night cellar . Of the refult of their converfation little can now be known , fave , that they gave rise to those principles of patriotism , that both , for ...
... less than fufficient to purchase for them the shelter and fordid comforts of a night cellar . Of the refult of their converfation little can now be known , fave , that they gave rise to those principles of patriotism , that both , for ...
Page 50
... less afperity , he drew a parallel between the cor- ruptions of each , and exemplified it by characters , then fubfifting . In it he anticipated the departure of his friend Thales , i . e . Savage , whom he defcribes as " refolv'd ...
... less afperity , he drew a parallel between the cor- ruptions of each , and exemplified it by characters , then fubfifting . In it he anticipated the departure of his friend Thales , i . e . Savage , whom he defcribes as " refolv'd ...
Page 79
... less antiquity is the White Hart without Bishop's - gate , which now bears in the front of it the date of its erection , 1480 . Anciently there ftood in Old Palace - yard , Weftminster , a tavern known by the fign of the White Rofe ...
... less antiquity is the White Hart without Bishop's - gate , which now bears in the front of it the date of its erection , 1480 . Anciently there ftood in Old Palace - yard , Weftminster , a tavern known by the fign of the White Rofe ...
Page 93
... less , my lords , can I suspect , that those by whom he is accufed act from any motive that may in- fluence them to defire a fentence not fupported by • evidence or conformable to truth , or that they can ⚫ wish the ruin of any man ...
... less , my lords , can I suspect , that those by whom he is accufed act from any motive that may in- fluence them to defire a fentence not fupported by • evidence or conformable to truth , or that they can ⚫ wish the ruin of any man ...
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