The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 páginas |
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... himself by casuisti- cal arguments of expediency and neceffity , to take the oaths impofed by the prevail- ing power . He was a pretty good Latin scholar , and being a man of good fenfe and skill in his trade , he acquired a rea ...
... himself by casuisti- cal arguments of expediency and neceffity , to take the oaths impofed by the prevail- ing power . He was a pretty good Latin scholar , and being a man of good fenfe and skill in his trade , he acquired a rea ...
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... burden of doubt , by Johnson's having himself assured Mr. Bofwell , that they were made by his father , who wifhed them to pafs for his fon's . He added , " my father was a [ 12 ] John Hawkins, that, at the age of three ...
... burden of doubt , by Johnson's having himself assured Mr. Bofwell , that they were made by his father , who wifhed them to pafs for his fon's . He added , " my father was a [ 12 ] John Hawkins, that, at the age of three ...
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... himself . Of his tutor , Mr. Jorden , he gave Mr. Bofwell the following account : a very worthy man , but a heavy man , and I did not profit much by his inftruction . Indeed , I did not attend him much . " He had , however , a love and ...
... himself . Of his tutor , Mr. Jorden , he gave Mr. Bofwell the following account : a very worthy man , but a heavy man , and I did not profit much by his inftruction . Indeed , I did not attend him much . " He had , however , a love and ...
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... himself to humbler themes ; " but the verfification was truly Virgilian . Having given fuch a fpecimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jor- den to translate Pope's Meffiab into Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas ...
... himself to humbler themes ; " but the verfification was truly Virgilian . Having given fuch a fpecimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jor- den to translate Pope's Meffiab into Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas ...
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... himself seized by , or approaching to in- fanity ; in conformity with which no- tion he applied , when he was at the very worft , to his godfather , Dr. Swinfen , phy- fician in Litchfield , and put into his hand a ftate of his cafe ...
... himself seized by , or approaching to in- fanity ; in conformity with which no- tion he applied , when he was at the very worft , to his godfather , Dr. Swinfen , phy- fician in Litchfield , and put into his hand a ftate of his cafe ...
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