Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... John Gilbert Cooper ' related , that soon after the pub- lication of his Dictionary , Garrick being asked by John- son what people said of it , told him , that among other 1 Giannone , an Italian historian , born 1676 , died 1748. When ...
... John Gilbert Cooper ' related , that soon after the pub- lication of his Dictionary , Garrick being asked by John- son what people said of it , told him , that among other 1 Giannone , an Italian historian , born 1676 , died 1748. When ...
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... John- son . Sir W. Jones ( Life , i . 177 ) wrote in 1776 : - ' You will be able to examine with the minutest scrupulosity , as Johnson would call it . ' Johnson describes Addison's prose as ' pure without scrupulosity . ' Works , vii ...
... John- son . Sir W. Jones ( Life , i . 177 ) wrote in 1776 : - ' You will be able to examine with the minutest scrupulosity , as Johnson would call it . ' Johnson describes Addison's prose as ' pure without scrupulosity . ' Works , vii ...
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... John- son , and struck him . Had he examined me farther , I fear he would have found me ignorant . Langton was a very good Greek scholar , much superior to Johnson , to whom nevertheless he paid profound deference , sometimes indeed I ...
... John- son , and struck him . Had he examined me farther , I fear he would have found me ignorant . Langton was a very good Greek scholar , much superior to Johnson , to whom nevertheless he paid profound deference , sometimes indeed I ...
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... John- son he got it by heart , and used to repeat it in a very pleasant manner . Two of the stanzas were these : - " When the Duke of Leeds shall married be To a fine young lady of high quality , How happy will that gentlewoman be In ...
... John- son he got it by heart , and used to repeat it in a very pleasant manner . Two of the stanzas were these : - " When the Duke of Leeds shall married be To a fine young lady of high quality , How happy will that gentlewoman be In ...
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... John- son rebuked him in the finest manner , by first shewing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : “ Sir , that is not the song : it is thus . " And he gave it right . Then looking stedfastly ...
... John- son rebuked him in the finest manner , by first shewing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : “ Sir , that is not the song : it is thus . " And he gave it right . Then looking stedfastly ...
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