The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3G. Bell, 1884 |
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... common and easy verses , maccaroni being the most ordinary and simple food , he was at a loss ; for he said , " He rather should have supposed it to import in its primitive signification , a composition of several things ; ' 1 Boswell ...
... common and easy verses , maccaroni being the most ordinary and simple food , he was at a loss ; for he said , " He rather should have supposed it to import in its primitive signification , a composition of several things ; ' 1 Boswell ...
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... common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL . " What , Sir ! have you that weakness ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . But I ...
... common occurrences of life , which we may observe in some people . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , I am in the habit of getting others to do things for me . " BOSWELL . " What , Sir ! have you that weakness ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . But I ...
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... common language it is understood to mean prose . " JOHNSON . ( And here was one of the many instances of his knowing clearly and telling exactly how a thing is . ) “ A pamphlet is understood in common language to mean prose , only from ...
... common language it is understood to mean prose . " JOHNSON . ( And here was one of the many instances of his knowing clearly and telling exactly how a thing is . ) “ A pamphlet is understood in common language to mean prose , only from ...
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... common life . " ROBERTSON . " Henry should have applied his attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not ...
... common life . " ROBERTSON . " Henry should have applied his attention to that alone , which is enough for any man ; and he might have found a great deal scattered in various books , had he read solely with that view . Henry erred in not ...
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... common topic of conversation . It was asked why piling their arms was insisted upon as a matter of such consequence , when it seemed to be a circumstance so inconsiderable in itself . since published with the title of iñɛa πreρóevra ...
... common topic of conversation . It was asked why piling their arms was insisted upon as a matter of such consequence , when it seemed to be a circumstance so inconsiderable in itself . since published with the title of iñɛa πreρóevra ...
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