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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... told me , that old Mr. Langton , though a man of considerable learning , had so little allow- ance to make for his occasional " laxity of talk , " that because in the course of discussion he sometimes mentioned what might be said in ...
... told me , that old Mr. Langton , though a man of considerable learning , had so little allow- ance to make for his occasional " laxity of talk , " that because in the course of discussion he sometimes mentioned what might be said in ...
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... told me that Dr. Percy wrote the greatest part of this review ; but , I 1 Malone says : I mentioned this anecdote to Mr. Boswell , and he has introduced it into his Life of Johnson . " ( Maloniana . ) - Prior's Life of Malone , 1860 ...
... told me that Dr. Percy wrote the greatest part of this review ; but , I 1 Malone says : I mentioned this anecdote to Mr. Boswell , and he has introduced it into his Life of Johnson . " ( Maloniana . ) - Prior's Life of Malone , 1860 ...
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... told me , that , as an old friend , he was admitted to visit him , and that he found him in a deplorable state , sighing , groaning , talking to himself , and restlessly walking from room to room . He then used this emphatical ex ...
... told me , that , as an old friend , he was admitted to visit him , and that he found him in a deplorable state , sighing , groaning , talking to himself , and restlessly walking from room to room . He then used this emphatical ex ...
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... told me , that he ( the elder Thrale ) married a sister of Mr. Halsey . It is at least certain that the family of Thrale was of some consideration in that town : in the abbey church is a handsome monument to the memory of Mr. John ...
... told me , that he ( the elder Thrale ) married a sister of Mr. Halsey . It is at least certain that the family of Thrale was of some consideration in that town : in the abbey church is a handsome monument to the memory of Mr. John ...
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... told me , he would not quit it for an annuity of ten thousand a year : " Not , " said he , “ that I get ten thousand a year by it , but it is an estate to a family . ' Having left daughters only , the pro- perty was sold for the immense ...
... told me , he would not quit it for an annuity of ten thousand a year : " Not , " said he , “ that I get ten thousand a year by it , but it is an estate to a family . ' Having left daughters only , the pro- perty was sold for the immense ...
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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...