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 4J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... 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 grateful sensation . " I talked of the difficulty of rising in the morning . Dr. Johnson ...
... 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 grateful sensation . " I talked of the difficulty of rising in the morning . Dr. Johnson ...
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... suppose in all our army in America there was not one man who went mad . " 2 We entered seriously upon a question of much importance to me , which Johnson was pleased to con- sider with friendly attention . I had long complained to him ...
... suppose in all our army in America there was not one man who went mad . " 2 We entered seriously upon a question of much importance to me , which Johnson was pleased to con- sider with friendly attention . I had long complained to him ...
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... suppose he is very fond of my company . His habits are by no 66 1 Ecclesiasticus , chap . xxxviii . v . 25. The whole chapter may be read as an adinirable illustration of the superiority of cultivated minds over the gross and illiterate ...
... suppose he is very fond of my company . His habits are by no 66 1 Ecclesiasticus , chap . xxxviii . v . 25. The whole chapter may be read as an adinirable illustration of the superiority of cultivated minds over the gross and illiterate ...
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... suppose it is well described in some of the Tours . Johnson described it distinctly and vividly , at which I could not but express to him my wonder ; because , though my eyes , as he observed , were better than his , I could not by any ...
... suppose it is well described in some of the Tours . Johnson described it distinctly and vividly , at which I could not but express to him my wonder ; because , though my eyes , as he observed , were better than his , I could not by any ...
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... suppose ; but my conclusion is in general but too true . " " While Johnson and I stood in calm conference by ourselves in Dr. Taylor's garden , at a pretty late hour in a serene autumn night , looking up to the heavens , I directed the ...
... suppose ; but my conclusion is in general but too true . " " While Johnson and I stood in calm conference by ourselves in Dr. Taylor's garden , at a pretty late hour in a serene autumn night , looking up to the heavens , I directed the ...
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