The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more virtuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his good sense and ...
... present age , insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands , and more virtuous in every respect , than in former times , because their understandings were better cultivated . It was an undoubted proof of his good sense and ...
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... present but when he is drunk . Will you not add , —or when driving in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; you are driving rapidly from something , or to something . " Talking of melancholy , he said , " Some men , and very ...
... present but when he is drunk . Will you not add , —or when driving in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; you are driving rapidly from something , or to something . " Talking of melancholy , he said , " Some men , and very ...
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... present appearance put me in mind of my uncle Dr. Boswell's description of him , " A robust genius , born to grapple with whole libraries . " I gave him an account of a conversation which had passed between me and Captain Cook , the day ...
... present appearance put me in mind of my uncle Dr. Boswell's description of him , " A robust genius , born to grapple with whole libraries . " I gave him an account of a conversation which had passed between me and Captain Cook , the day ...
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... present of some addition to the twenty guineas which he had received , and for which his receipt is now in the bookseller's hands . We are farther assured that he actually obtained an additional sum ; when he , soon after ( in the year ...
... present of some addition to the twenty guineas which he had received , and for which his receipt is now in the bookseller's hands . We are farther assured that he actually obtained an additional sum ; when he , soon after ( in the year ...
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... present is imbecility . The magistrates dare not call the guards for fear of being hanged . The guards will not come for fear of being given up to the blind rage of popular juries . " Of the father of one of our friends , he observed ...
... present is imbecility . The magistrates dare not call the guards for fear of being hanged . The guards will not come for fear of being given up to the blind rage of popular juries . " Of the father of one of our friends , he observed ...
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