The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 4Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1878 |
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Pàgina 47
... wonder at the curious formation of the bat , a mouse with wings ; saying , that it was almost as strange a thing in phy- siology , as if the fabulous dragon could be seen . On Tuesday , May 12 , I waited on the Earl of Marchmont to know ...
... wonder at the curious formation of the bat , a mouse with wings ; saying , that it was almost as strange a thing in phy- siology , as if the fabulous dragon could be seen . On Tuesday , May 12 , I waited on the Earl of Marchmont to know ...
Pàgina 90
... wonder that Dr. Johnson should have acknowledged it to be inaccurate . The Hermit , it should be observed , had no actual experience of the world whatsoever : all his knowledge concerning it had been obtained in two ways ; from books ...
... wonder that Dr. Johnson should have acknowledged it to be inaccurate . The Hermit , it should be observed , had no actual experience of the world whatsoever : all his knowledge concerning it had been obtained in two ways ; from books ...
Pàgina 116
... your friends , you may wonder that you have yet heard nothing from me . I have been hindered by a vexatious and incessant cough , for which within these ten days I have beerd once , fasted four or five times , taken 116.
... your friends , you may wonder that you have yet heard nothing from me . I have been hindered by a vexatious and incessant cough , for which within these ten days I have beerd once , fasted four or five times , taken 116.
Pàgina 120
... wonder at the inconsistencies to which the greatest genius and the highest spirit may be reduced ! -C . 2 Miss Mulso , afterwards Mrs. Chapone , one of Richardson's female côterie . When about three and twenty , she had been one of the ...
... wonder at the inconsistencies to which the greatest genius and the highest spirit may be reduced ! -C . 2 Miss Mulso , afterwards Mrs. Chapone , one of Richardson's female côterie . When about three and twenty , she had been one of the ...
Pàgina 124
... wonder- ful facility , That Beauclerk's talents were those which he had felt himself more disposed to envy , than those of any whom he had known . ' · " On the evening I have spoken of above , at Mr. Vesey's , you would have been much ...
... wonder- ful facility , That Beauclerk's talents were those which he had felt himself more disposed to envy , than those of any whom he had known . ' · " On the evening I have spoken of above , at Mr. Vesey's , you would have been much ...
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