The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 3G. Bell, 1884 |
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... told me , that Dr. King , a late dissenting minister in London , said to him , upon the happi- ness in a future state of good men of different capacities , " A pail does not hold so much as a tub ; but , if it be equally full , it has ...
... told me , that Dr. King , a late dissenting minister in London , said to him , upon the happi- ness in a future state of good men of different capacities , " A pail does not hold so much as a tub ; but , if it be equally full , it has ...
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... told me of the Eton boy , who , when verses on our Saviour's turning water into wine were prescribed as an exercise , brought up a single line , which was highly admired : ' Joann . 2 . ' Aquæ in vinum versæ . ' Vidit et erubuit lympha ...
... told me of the Eton boy , who , when verses on our Saviour's turning water into wine were prescribed as an exercise , brought up a single line , which was highly admired : ' Joann . 2 . ' Aquæ in vinum versæ . ' Vidit et erubuit lympha ...
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... told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where the room , being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering a great deal of ...
... told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where the room , being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he persevered in suffering a great deal of ...
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... told him his name , courteously said , " I have read your book , Sir , with great pleasure , and wish to be better known to you . " Thus began an acquain- tance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking ...
... told him his name , courteously said , " I have read your book , Sir , with great pleasure , and wish to be better known to you . " Thus began an acquain- tance , which was continued with mutual regard as long as Johnson lived . Talking ...
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... told him , that his " Rasselas " had often made me unhappy ; for it represented the misery of human life so well , and so convincingly to a thinking mind , that if at any time the impression wore off , and I felt myself easy , I began ...
... told him , that his " Rasselas " had often made me unhappy ; for it represented the misery of human life so well , and so convincingly to a thinking mind , that if at any time the impression wore off , and I felt myself easy , I began ...
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