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 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... thing known to be his , you answered , - Why should you think so ? Depend upon it , sir , when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight , it con- centrates his mind wonderfully . " JOHNSON . " Sir , as Dodd got it from me to pass ...
... thing known to be his , you answered , - Why should you think so ? Depend upon it , sir , when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight , it con- centrates his mind wonderfully . " JOHNSON . " Sir , as Dodd got it from me to pass ...
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... thing that seemed to be exhibited with disproportionate importance , thus observed : " I suppose , sir , there is no more in it than this ; he wakes at four , and cannot sleep till he chills himself , and makes the warmth of the bed a ...
... thing that seemed to be exhibited with disproportionate importance , thus observed : " I suppose , sir , there is no more in it than this ; he wakes at four , and cannot sleep till he chills himself , and makes the warmth of the bed a ...
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... things ; he re- peats and he sings : there is both recitation and mu- sick in his performance : the player only ... thing : but he who can re- present exalted characters , and touch the noblest pas- sions , has very respectable ...
... things ; he re- peats and he sings : there is both recitation and mu- sick in his performance : the player only ... thing : but he who can re- present exalted characters , and touch the noblest pas- sions , has very respectable ...
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... thing like swearing , angrily replied , " He was not a damned fool : he only thought too well of Campbell . He did not believe Campbell would be such a damned scoundrel , as to do so damned a thing . " His emphasis on damned ...
... thing like swearing , angrily replied , " He was not a damned fool : he only thought too well of Campbell . He did not believe Campbell would be such a damned scoundrel , as to do so damned a thing . " His emphasis on damned ...
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... thing of his own to excess , in short , " whose geese were all swans , " as the proverb says , expatiated on the ex- cellence of his bull - dog , which he told us , was " per- fectly well shaped . " Johnson , after examining the an ...
... thing of his own to excess , in short , " whose geese were all swans , " as the proverb says , expatiated on the ex- cellence of his bull - dog , which he told us , was " per- fectly well shaped . " Johnson , after examining the an ...
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