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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... observed , " This man , Sir , fills up the duties of his life well . I approve of him , but could not imitate him . " To a lady who endeavoured to vindicate herself from blame for neglecting social attention to worthy neighbours , by ...
... observed , " This man , Sir , fills up the duties of his life well . I approve of him , but could not imitate him . " To a lady who endeavoured to vindicate herself from blame for neglecting social attention to worthy neighbours , by ...
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... observed , that a countryman whom they saw in a field would probably be thinking , " If these two madmen should come down , what would become of me ? " Soon after his return to London , which was in February , was founded that CLUB ...
... observed , that a countryman whom they saw in a field would probably be thinking , " If these two madmen should come down , what would become of me ? " Soon after his return to London , which was in February , was founded that CLUB ...
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... observed , " Sir John , Sir , is a very unclubable man . " - Burney . Hawkins was not knighted till October , 1772 , long after he had left the club . Burney , in relating the story , puts the nunc pro tunc.- Croker . 3 Life of Johnson ...
... observed , " Sir John , Sir , is a very unclubable man . " - Burney . Hawkins was not knighted till October , 1772 , long after he had left the club . Burney , in relating the story , puts the nunc pro tunc.- Croker . 3 Life of Johnson ...
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... observed him suddenly stop , and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement , I have seen him go back again , put himself in a proper posture to begin ...
... observed him suddenly stop , and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement , I have seen him go back again , put himself in a proper posture to begin ...
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... observed that our author was , by the generality of Johnson's words , " led to suppose that he was seized with a temporary fit of ambition , and that hence he was induced to apply his thoughts to law and politics . But Mr. Boswell was ...
... observed that our author was , by the generality of Johnson's words , " led to suppose that he was seized with a temporary fit of ambition , and that hence he was induced to apply his thoughts to law and politics . But Mr. Boswell was ...
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