Biographiana, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1799 - Anecdotes |
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Page 290
... fubject , that the fovereign fhould tax " me in the fame manner that I do my fub- 66 દ < c 66 cr CC 1 jects , and that he should demand of me fuch a fubfidy for fuch a certain purpose ? They pay willingly , " adds he , " when all ...
... fubject , that the fovereign fhould tax " me in the fame manner that I do my fub- 66 દ < c 66 cr CC 1 jects , and that he should demand of me fuch a fubfidy for fuch a certain purpose ? They pay willingly , " adds he , " when all ...
Page 294
... fubject open no book upon- " that fubject ; draw every thing from your 66 own head , and do not confult a book till 66 you find that you can produce nothing . I have always made ufe of this method when " I wrote . By these means I have ...
... fubject open no book upon- " that fubject ; draw every thing from your 66 own head , and do not confult a book till 66 you find that you can produce nothing . I have always made ufe of this method when " I wrote . By these means I have ...
Page 300
... fubject , and " has in general no paper near him but that " on which he is writing . This , in one's ftudy , " adds his biographer , " is more ne- " ceffary than moft writers think . The re- Co gularity , in fact , which.a man fees ...
... fubject , and " has in general no paper near him but that " on which he is writing . This , in one's ftudy , " adds his biographer , " is more ne- " ceffary than moft writers think . The re- Co gularity , in fact , which.a man fees ...
Page 305
... fubject . ' This the fhewed to Louis , who was much dif- pleased at it , and infifted on knowing the au- thor . She had the weakness to tell him , and he immediately exclaimed , " What , becaufe " he knows how to write good verses ...
... fubject . ' This the fhewed to Louis , who was much dif- pleased at it , and infifted on knowing the au- thor . She had the weakness to tell him , and he immediately exclaimed , " What , becaufe " he knows how to write good verses ...
Page 308
... fubject of Genefis . He made a public recantation of his error , by annexing afterwards to his Commentary on Genefis a Differtation concerning Mofes , the writer of that , book of the Pentateuch , in which he ac- knowledged very fairly ...
... fubject of Genefis . He made a public recantation of his error , by annexing afterwards to his Commentary on Genefis a Differtation concerning Mofes , the writer of that , book of the Pentateuch , in which he ac- knowledged very fairly ...
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