The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volumen2G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... manner , that all the company testified their displeasure ; and at their next meeting their reception was such that he never came again.2 He is equally inaccurate with respect to Mr. Garrick , of whom he says , " he trusted that the ...
... manner , that all the company testified their displeasure ; and at their next meeting their reception was such that he never came again.2 He is equally inaccurate with respect to Mr. Garrick , of whom he says , " he trusted that the ...
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... manner , may not be omitted , it is requisite to mention , that , while talking , or even musing as he sat in his chair , he commonly held his head to one side towards his right shoulder , and shook it in a tremulous manner , moving his ...
... manner , may not be omitted , it is requisite to mention , that , while talking , or even musing as he sat in his chair , he commonly held his head to one side towards his right shoulder , and shook it in a tremulous manner , moving his ...
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... acquaintance so much , however , that from that time he dined with us every Thursday through the winter . - Piozzi's Anecdotes , p . 125-6 . trade , of a sound understanding , and of manners 16 1765 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... acquaintance so much , however , that from that time he dined with us every Thursday through the winter . - Piozzi's Anecdotes , p . 125-6 . trade , of a sound understanding , and of manners 16 1765 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... manners such as presented the character of a plain independent English squire . As this family will frequently be mentioned in the course of the following pages , and as a false notion has prevailed that Mr. Thrale was inferior , and in ...
... manners such as presented the character of a plain independent English squire . As this family will frequently be mentioned in the course of the following pages , and as a false notion has prevailed that Mr. Thrale was inferior , and in ...
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... manner , that his reputation was neither extensive nor lasting . I remember one evening , when some of his works were mentioned , Dr. Goldsmith said , he had never heard of them ; upon which Dr. Johnson observed , " Sir , he is one of ...
... manner , that his reputation was neither extensive nor lasting . I remember one evening , when some of his works were mentioned , Dr. Goldsmith said , he had never heard of them ; upon which Dr. Johnson observed , " Sir , he is one of ...
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Página 24 - In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and...