The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 |
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... Lord Bute some years ago . Now I consider the present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsæ familiæ de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . l . 168 , after having mentioned ...
... Lord Bute some years ago . Now I consider the present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsæ familiæ de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be ' spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . l . 168 , after having mentioned ...
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... sir , he gave up a great deal . He advised the king to agree that the judges should hold their places for life , instead of losing them at the accession of a new king . Lord Bute , I suppose , thought to make the king popular by this ...
... sir , he gave up a great deal . He advised the king to agree that the judges should hold their places for life , instead of losing them at the accession of a new king . Lord Bute , I suppose , thought to make the king popular by this ...
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... Lord Bute , “ It was said of Augustus , that it would have been better for Rome that he had never been born , or had never died . So it would have been better for this nation if Lord Bute had never been minister , or had never resigned ...
... Lord Bute , “ It was said of Augustus , that it would have been better for Rome that he had never been born , or had never died . So it would have been better for this nation if Lord Bute had never been minister , or had never resigned ...
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Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
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