The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... seen mentioned in some preface as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat down with avidity and read a great part of the book . What he read during these two years , he told me , was not works ...
... seen mentioned in some preface as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus excited , he sat down with avidity and read a great part of the book . What he read during these two years , he told me , was not works ...
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... seen lounging at the college gate , with a circle of young students round him , whom he was entertaining with wit , and keeping from their studies , if not spiriting them up to rebellion against the college dis- cipline , which in his ...
... seen lounging at the college gate , with a circle of young students round him , whom he was entertaining with wit , and keeping from their studies , if not spiriting them up to rebellion against the college dis- cipline , which in his ...
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... seen by Johnson . In this manner , with the aid of Mr. Hec- tor's active friendship , the book was completed , and was published in 1735 , with London upon the title - page , though it was in reality printed at Birmingham , a device too ...
... seen by Johnson . In this manner , with the aid of Mr. Hec- tor's active friendship , the book was completed , and was published in 1735 , with London upon the title - page , though it was in reality printed at Birmingham , a device too ...
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... seen Garrick exhibit her , by his ex- quisite talent of mimicry , so as to excite the heartiest bursts of laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representa- tions , considerably aggravated the picture . While Johnson ...
... seen Garrick exhibit her , by his ex- quisite talent of mimicry , so as to excite the heartiest bursts of laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representa- tions , considerably aggravated the picture . While Johnson ...
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... seen but a small part of the wonders of the metropolis , he had little to tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anec- dote of this period : - " In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets ...
... seen but a small part of the wonders of the metropolis , he had little to tell his townsmen . He related to me the following minute anec- dote of this period : - " In the last age , when my mother lived in London , there were two sets ...
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