The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... asked Mr. Johnson how he could possibly think of bringing such an infant to church , and in the midst of so great a crowd . He answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught ...
... asked Mr. Johnson how he could possibly think of bringing such an infant to church , and in the midst of so great a crowd . He answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught ...
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... asked if he could remember Queen Anne , - " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . He was first ...
... asked if he could remember Queen Anne , - " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . He was first ...
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... asked . Now , sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ” It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention that though he might err in being too severe , the ...
... asked . Now , sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ” It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention that though he might err in being too severe , the ...
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... asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered , " No , sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men ...
... asked him whether a person , whose name I have now forgotten , studied hard , he answered , " No , sir ; I do not believe he studied hard . I never knew a man who studied hard . I conclude , indeed , from the effects , that some men ...
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... asked him , “ How can you contrive to plunge her into deeper calamity ? " Johnson , in sly allusion to the supposed oppressive proceedings of the court of which Mr. Walmesley was registrar , replied , " Sir , I can put her into the ...
... asked him , “ How can you contrive to plunge her into deeper calamity ? " Johnson , in sly allusion to the supposed oppressive proceedings of the court of which Mr. Walmesley was registrar , replied , " Sir , I can put her into the ...
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