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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... wonderful . Talking of shaving the other night at Dr. Taylor's , Dr. Johnson said , " Sir , of a thousand shavers , two do not shave so much alike as not to be distinguished . " I thought this not possible , till he specified so many of ...
... wonderful . Talking of shaving the other night at Dr. Taylor's , Dr. Johnson said , " Sir , of a thousand shavers , two do not shave so much alike as not to be distinguished . " I thought this not possible , till he specified so many of ...
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... wonderfully . " " JOHNSON . 66 Sir , as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own , while that could do him any good , that was an implied promise that I should not own it . To own it , therefore , would have been telling a lie , with the ...
... wonderfully . " " JOHNSON . 66 Sir , as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own , while that could do him any good , that was an implied promise that I should not own it . To own it , therefore , would have been telling a lie , with the ...
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... wonderful pleasure of mere tri- fles which had occurred in our tour to the Hebrides ; for it had left a most agreeable and lasting impression upon his mind . He found fault with me for using the phrase to make money . " Don't you see ...
... wonderful pleasure of mere tri- fles which had occurred in our tour to the Hebrides ; for it had left a most agreeable and lasting impression upon his mind . He found fault with me for using the phrase to make money . " Don't you see ...
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... wonderful that pleasure should be more vivid at a distance than when near . I wish you may find yourself in a humour to do me this favour ; but I flatter myself with no strong hope of it ; for I have ob- served , that unless upon very ...
... wonderful that pleasure should be more vivid at a distance than when near . I wish you may find yourself in a humour to do me this favour ; but I flatter myself with no strong hope of it ; for I have ob- served , that unless upon very ...
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... wonderful made upon her mind . Let her now set her thoughts down as she can recollect them ; for faint as they may already be , they will grow every day fainter . " Perhaps I do not flatter myself unreasonably when I imagine that you ...
... wonderful made upon her mind . Let her now set her thoughts down as she can recollect them ; for faint as they may already be , they will grow every day fainter . " Perhaps I do not flatter myself unreasonably when I imagine that you ...
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