The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . It has been said , that he contracted this grievous malady from his nurse . His mother yielding to the superstitious notion , which it is ...
... manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely to be found . It has been said , that he contracted this grievous malady from his nurse . His mother yielding to the superstitious notion , which it is ...
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... manner , without any scheme of study ; as chance threw books in his way , and inclination directed him through them . He used to mention one curious instance of his casual reading when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had ...
... manner , without any scheme of study ; as chance threw books in his way , and inclination directed him through them . He used to mention one curious instance of his casual reading when but a boy . Having imagined that his brother had ...
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... manner . When he was at Lichfield , in the college vacation of the year 1729 , he felt himself overwhelmed with a horrible hypochondria , with perpetual irritation , fretfulness , and impatience ; and with a dejection , gloom , and ...
... manner . When he was at Lichfield , in the college vacation of the year 1729 , he felt himself overwhelmed with a horrible hypochondria , with perpetual irritation , fretfulness , and impatience ; and with a dejection , gloom , and ...
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... manner he employed his pen at this period , or whether he derived from it any pecuniary advantage , I have not been able to ascertain . He probably got a little money from Mr. Warren ; and we are certain that he executed here one piece ...
... manner he employed his pen at this period , or whether he derived from it any pecuniary advantage , I have not been able to ascertain . He probably got a little money from Mr. Warren ; and we are certain that he executed here one piece ...
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... manner , as described to me by the late Mr. Garrick , were by no means pleasing to others , she must have had a supe- riority of understanding and talents , as she certainly inspired him with a more than ordinary passion ; and she ...
... manner , as described to me by the late Mr. Garrick , were by no means pleasing to others , she must have had a supe- riority of understanding and talents , as she certainly inspired him with a more than ordinary passion ; and she ...
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