The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 1Cowie, 1825 |
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Page ix
... success : he surmounted all difficulties , and made his way into the heart of the country . Then follows a description of Abyssinia , formerly the largest empire of which we have an account in history . It extended from the Red Sea to ...
... success : he surmounted all difficulties , and made his way into the heart of the country . Then follows a description of Abyssinia , formerly the largest empire of which we have an account in history . It extended from the Red Sea to ...
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... success . Their friend , Mr. Walmsley , by a letter to the Rev. Mr. Colson , who , it seems , was a great mathematician , exerted his good offices in their favour . He gave notice of their intended journey . " Davy Gar- rick , " he said ...
... success . Their friend , Mr. Walmsley , by a letter to the Rev. Mr. Colson , who , it seems , was a great mathematician , exerted his good offices in their favour . He gave notice of their intended journey . " Davy Gar- rick , " he said ...
Page xxxii
... successful trade . His generosity and per- severance deserve to be commended and happily , when the collection appeared in volumes , were amply rewarded . Johnson lived to see his labours flourish in a tenth edi- tion . His posterity ...
... successful trade . His generosity and per- severance deserve to be commended and happily , when the collection appeared in volumes , were amply rewarded . Johnson lived to see his labours flourish in a tenth edi- tion . His posterity ...
Page lviii
... success in England exceeded their proportion of real merit , and he could not but see in them that nation- ality which no liberal - minded Scotsman will deny . " The author of these memoirs well remembers , that Johnson one day asked ...
... success in England exceeded their proportion of real merit , and he could not but see in them that nation- ality which no liberal - minded Scotsman will deny . " The author of these memoirs well remembers , that Johnson one day asked ...
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... success . To protract if possible the days of a man , whom he respected , he offered to advance the sum of five hundred pounds . Being informed of this at Lichfield , Johnson wrote the following letter : MY LORD , " AFTER a long and not ...
... success . To protract if possible the days of a man , whom he respected , he offered to advance the sum of five hundred pounds . Being informed of this at Lichfield , Johnson wrote the following letter : MY LORD , " AFTER a long and not ...
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