The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read ...
... lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " This touch , however , was without any effect . He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read ...
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... ladies who lived opposite to him , Miss Cotterells , daughters of Admiral Cotterell . Reynolds used also to visit ... lady of high rank came in . Johnson thinking that the Miss Cotterells were too much engrossed by them , and that he ...
... ladies who lived opposite to him , Miss Cotterells , daughters of Admiral Cotterell . Reynolds used also to visit ... lady of high rank came in . Johnson thinking that the Miss Cotterells were too much engrossed by them , and that he ...
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... lady once asked him how he came to define Pastern the knee of a horse ; instead of making an elaborate defence , as she expected , he at once answered , " Ignorance , Madam -- pure ignorance . " His definition of Network has been often ...
... lady once asked him how he came to define Pastern the knee of a horse ; instead of making an elaborate defence , as she expected , he at once answered , " Ignorance , Madam -- pure ignorance . " His definition of Network has been often ...
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... lady of rank and elegance , that " his melancholy was then at its meridian . " It pleased God to grant him almost thirty years of life after this time ; and once , when he was in a placid frame of mind , he was obliged to own to me that ...
... lady of rank and elegance , that " his melancholy was then at its meridian . " It pleased God to grant him almost thirty years of life after this time ; and once , when he was in a placid frame of mind , he was obliged to own to me that ...
Pàgina 75
... lady whom he had humanely received under his roof . Mr. Williams had followed the profession of physic in Wales ; but having a very strong propensity to the study of natural philosophy , had made many ingenious advances towards a ...
... lady whom he had humanely received under his roof . Mr. Williams had followed the profession of physic in Wales ; but having a very strong propensity to the study of natural philosophy , had made many ingenious advances towards a ...
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