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Page 55
... JOHNSON . In the second year of his reign , his majesty granted a pension to Dr. Johnson of three hundred pounds a year , it having been represented to his majesty that he was a very learned and good man , without any certain provision ...
... JOHNSON . In the second year of his reign , his majesty granted a pension to Dr. Johnson of three hundred pounds a year , it having been represented to his majesty that he was a very learned and good man , without any certain provision ...
Page 75
... JOHNSON'S INTERVIEW WITH THE KING . The king being informed that Dr. Johnson occa- sionally visited the Royal Library , gave orders that he should be informed when the doctor came thither again , that he might have the pleasure of his ...
... JOHNSON'S INTERVIEW WITH THE KING . The king being informed that Dr. Johnson occa- sionally visited the Royal Library , gave orders that he should be informed when the doctor came thither again , that he might have the pleasure of his ...
Page 76
... Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , Warburton has more general , more scholastic learning ; Lowth is the most correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . The king was pleased to say , he was of the ...
... Johnson what he thought of it . Johnson answered , Warburton has more general , more scholastic learning ; Lowth is the most correct scholar . I do not know which of them calls names best . The king was pleased to say , he was of the ...
Page 77
... Johnson answered , that he was an ingenious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately men- tioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a much greater degree , by using three or ...
... Johnson answered , that he was an ingenious man , but had no veracity ; and immediately men- tioned , as an instance of it , an assertion of that writer , that he had seen objects magnified to a much greater degree , by using three or ...
Page 78
... Johnson answered , he had no reason to think it was . The king next enquired if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom , except the Monthly and Critical Re- views ; and on being answered there was no other ...
... Johnson answered , he had no reason to think it was . The king next enquired if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom , except the Monthly and Critical Re- views ; and on being answered there was no other ...
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