The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector , informs me , that " when a boy he was immoderately fond of reading romances of chivalry , and he retained ...
... acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector , informs me , that " when a boy he was immoderately fond of reading romances of chivalry , and he retained ...
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... with esteem and kindness , and did not like to have one smile at the recital . Amidst this cold obscurity , there was one brilliant circumstance to cheer him ; he was well acquainted with Mr. BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . 21.
... with esteem and kindness , and did not like to have one smile at the recital . Amidst this cold obscurity , there was one brilliant circumstance to cheer him ; he was well acquainted with Mr. BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . 21.
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... acquainted with Mr. Henry Hervey , one of the branches of the noble family of that name , who had been quartered at Lichfield as an officer of the army , and had at this time a house in London , where Johnson was frequently en ...
... acquainted with Mr. Henry Hervey , one of the branches of the noble family of that name , who had been quartered at Lichfield as an officer of the army , and had at this time a house in London , where Johnson was frequently en ...
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... acquainted , and then we shall see how just my observation is . That shall be the criterion . Let me hear you repeat the ninth Commandment , ' Thou shalt not bear false wit- ness against thy neighbor . ' Both tried at it , said Dr ...
... acquainted , and then we shall see how just my observation is . That shall be the criterion . Let me hear you repeat the ninth Commandment , ' Thou shalt not bear false wit- ness against thy neighbor . ' Both tried at it , said Dr ...
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... acquainted with many of the performers of both sexes , which produced a more favorable opin- ion of their profession than he had harshly expressed in his " Life of Savage . " With some of them he kept up an acquaintance as long as he ...
... acquainted with many of the performers of both sexes , which produced a more favorable opin- ion of their profession than he had harshly expressed in his " Life of Savage . " With some of them he kept up an acquaintance as long as he ...
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