The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... 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 taught to read ...
... 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 taught to read ...
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... remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diver- sions : his ...
... remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diver- sions : his ...
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... remembers well the effect which " London " produced . Everybody was de- lighted with it ; and there being no name to it , the first buzz of the literary circle was , " Here is an unknown poet , greater even than Pope . " And it is ...
... remembers well the effect which " London " produced . Everybody was de- lighted with it ; and there being no name to it , the first buzz of the literary circle was , " Here is an unknown poet , greater even than Pope . " And it is ...
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... remember even Lord Kaimes , strangely prejudiced as he was against Dr. Johnson , was compelled to allow it very high praise . It has been ascribed to Mr. Garrick , from its appearing at first with the signa- ture G .; but I have heard ...
... remember even Lord Kaimes , strangely prejudiced as he was against Dr. Johnson , was compelled to allow it very high praise . It has been ascribed to Mr. Garrick , from its appearing at first with the signa- ture G .; but I have heard ...
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... remember his telling me that a large portion of it having , by mistake , been written upon both sides of the paper , so as to be inconvenient for the compositor , it cost him twenty pounds to have it transcribed upon one side only . He ...
... remember his telling me that a large portion of it having , by mistake , been written upon both sides of the paper , so as to be inconvenient for the compositor , it cost him twenty pounds to have it transcribed upon one side only . He ...
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