The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 173
... lordship's own department . This masterly argument , after being prefaced and con- cluded with some sentences ... lord Hailes , however , one of that honourable body , had critical sagacity enough to discover a more than ordinary ...
... lordship's own department . This masterly argument , after being prefaced and con- cluded with some sentences ... lord Hailes , however , one of that honourable body , had critical sagacity enough to discover a more than ordinary ...
Page 241
... LORD HAILES has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you specimens of Annals of Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm Kenmore to the Death of James V. in drawing up which , his lordship has been engaged ...
... LORD HAILES has begged of me to offer you his best respects , and to transmit to you specimens of Annals of Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm Kenmore to the Death of James V. in drawing up which , his lordship has been engaged ...
Page 243
... lord Hailes otherwise than with high respect . I return the sheets , to which I have done what mischief I could ; and finding it so little , thought not much of sending them . The narrative is clear , lively , and short . " I have done ...
... lord Hailes otherwise than with high respect . I return the sheets , to which I have done what mischief I could ; and finding it so little , thought not much of sending them . The narrative is clear , lively , and short . " I have done ...
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... lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland are excellent . I agreed with you in every one of them . He himself objected only to the alter- ation of free to brave , in the passage where he says that Edward ' departed with the glory due to the ...
... lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland are excellent . I agreed with you in every one of them . He himself objected only to the alter- ation of free to brave , in the passage where he says that Edward ' departed with the glory due to the ...
Page 247
... lord Hailes's Annals , which I ÆTAT . 65. ] 247 DR . JOHNSON . MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON. ...
... lord Hailes's Annals , which I ÆTAT . 65. ] 247 DR . JOHNSON . MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON. ...
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