The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... - structor in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling - book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE 4 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... - structor in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling - book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE 4 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... called anagram , so that they may easily be deciphered . Parliament then kept the press in a kind of mys- terious awe , which made it necessary to have recourse to such devices . This important article of the " Gentleman's Magazine ...
... called anagram , so that they may easily be deciphered . Parliament then kept the press in a kind of mys- terious awe , which made it necessary to have recourse to such devices . This important article of the " Gentleman's Magazine ...
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... called St. Vitus's dance . Sir Joshua Reynolds , however , was of a different opinion , and favored me with the following paper : - " Those motions or tricks of Dr. Johnson are improperly called convulsions . He could sit motionless ...
... called St. Vitus's dance . Sir Joshua Reynolds , however , was of a different opinion , and favored me with the following paper : - " Those motions or tricks of Dr. Johnson are improperly called convulsions . He could sit motionless ...
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... the cele- brated Epilogue to the " Distressed Mother , " it was , during the season , often called for by the audience . The most striking and brilliant passages of it have been so often repeated , 40 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... the cele- brated Epilogue to the " Distressed Mother , " it was , during the season , often called for by the audience . The most striking and brilliant passages of it have been so often repeated , 40 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... called " The Student ; " and the Rev. Dr. Douglas having , with uncommon acuteness , clearly detected a gross forgery and imposition upon the public by William Lauder , a Scotch schoolmaster , who had , with equal impudence and inge ...
... called " The Student ; " and the Rev. Dr. Douglas having , with uncommon acuteness , clearly detected a gross forgery and imposition upon the public by William Lauder , a Scotch schoolmaster , who had , with equal impudence and inge ...
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