The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Band 3G. Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1909 |
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... told all odd , strange , ugly , and even terrible objects , are introduced for the sake of variety ; a wild extravagance of taste , which is so well ridiculed in the celebrated Epistle to him [ by Mason ] . The following lines of that ...
... told all odd , strange , ugly , and even terrible objects , are introduced for the sake of variety ; a wild extravagance of taste , which is so well ridiculed in the celebrated Epistle to him [ by Mason ] . The following lines of that ...
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... told us more than perhaps one in ten thousand could have done , in the time that he took . He has not said what he was to tell ; so you cannot find fault with him for what he has not told . If a man comes to look for fishes , you cannot ...
... told us more than perhaps one in ten thousand could have done , in the time that he took . He has not said what he was to tell ; so you cannot find fault with him for what he has not told . If a man comes to look for fishes , you cannot ...
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... told me , that at his house in the country , two large fero- cious dogs were fighting . Dr. Johnson looked steadily at them for a little while ; and then , as one would separate two little boys , who were foolishly hurting each other ...
... told me , that at his house in the country , two large fero- cious dogs were fighting . Dr. Johnson looked steadily at them for a little while ; and then , as one would separate two little boys , who were foolishly hurting each other ...
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Sir George Mackenzie Mr Burkes wit knowledge and elo | 18 |
Ogden on Prayer Aphoristic writing Edinburgh surveyed | 28 |
Dr Watson Literature and patronage Writing and conversation | 37 |
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