Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 - Authors, English |
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... Doctor's remark . ' Lockhart's Scott , ed . 1839 , vii . 271 . ' A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scot- land better than truth . ' Life , ii . 311 , n . 4 . 4 In these requests Reynolds ' readily acquiesced ...
... Doctor's remark . ' Lockhart's Scott , ed . 1839 , vii . 271 . ' A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scot- land better than truth . ' Life , ii . 311 , n . 4 . 4 In these requests Reynolds ' readily acquiesced ...
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... Doctor told me that instead of renewed hostilities he wrote revengeful petulance , and did not seem pleased with the alteration . ' MS . note by Rev. J. Hussey . The couplet as altered , stands : - ' Let no renewed hostilities invade Th ...
... Doctor told me that instead of renewed hostilities he wrote revengeful petulance , and did not seem pleased with the alteration . ' MS . note by Rev. J. Hussey . The couplet as altered , stands : - ' Let no renewed hostilities invade Th ...
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... Doctor had visited the Archdeacon yesterday , by which accident I learned this circumstance . 16th . A fair day . Dined with Mr. Thrale along with Dr. John- son , and Baretti . Baretti is a plain sensible man , who seems to know the ...
... Doctor had visited the Archdeacon yesterday , by which accident I learned this circumstance . 16th . A fair day . Dined with Mr. Thrale along with Dr. John- son , and Baretti . Baretti is a plain sensible man , who seems to know the ...
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... Doctor , " Why did Pope say this ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , he hoped it would vex somebody . " " Ib . iv . 9 . 66 " JOHNSON . " I should have be- tho ' tho ' he mentioned a fact which made against the the Rev. Dr. Thomas Campbell . 4I.
... Doctor , " Why did Pope say this ? " JOHNSON . " Sir , he hoped it would vex somebody . " " Ib . iv . 9 . 66 " JOHNSON . " I should have be- tho ' tho ' he mentioned a fact which made against the the Rev. Dr. Thomas Campbell . 4I.
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... Doctor as he drinks no wine , retired soon after dinner , and Baretti , who I see is a sort of literary toad - eater to Johnson , told me that he was a man nowise affected by praise or dispraise ' , and that the journey to the Hebrides ...
... Doctor as he drinks no wine , retired soon after dinner , and Baretti , who I see is a sort of literary toad - eater to Johnson , told me that he was a man nowise affected by praise or dispraise ' , and that the journey to the Hebrides ...
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