The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, Volum 31851 |
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... observed that he used the epithet scoundrel1 very commonly - not quite in the sense in which it is generally understood , but as a strong term of disapprobation ; as , when he abruptly answered Mrs. Thrale , who had asked him how he did ...
... observed that he used the epithet scoundrel1 very commonly - not quite in the sense in which it is generally understood , but as a strong term of disapprobation ; as , when he abruptly answered Mrs. Thrale , who had asked him how he did ...
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... observed one day at General Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present but when he is drunk . Will you not add , —or when driv- ing in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; you are driving rapidly from something , or ...
... observed one day at General Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present but when he is drunk . Will you not add , —or when driv- ing in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; you are driving rapidly from something , or ...
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... observed , indeed very justly , that " their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not been fixed that he should have been one of the party , he would force them out ; but he would not ad- vise them ...
... observed , indeed very justly , that " their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not been fixed that he should have been one of the party , he would force them out ; but he would not ad- vise them ...
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... observation of the senses might be clearly known but everything intellectual , everything abstract - politics , morals ... observed , " Sir , I never before knew how much I was respected by these gentlemen ; they told me none of these ...
... observation of the senses might be clearly known but everything intellectual , everything abstract - politics , morals ... observed , " Sir , I never before knew how much I was respected by these gentlemen ; they told me none of these ...
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... observe them better , as was evident from the strong yet nice portraits which he often drew . I have frequently thought ... observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ...
... observe them better , as was evident from the strong yet nice portraits which he often drew . I have frequently thought ... observed to me , " It is wonderful , Sir , what is to be found in London . The most literary conversation that I ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to ..., Volum 3 James Boswell Visualització completa - 1831 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Including A Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volum 3 James Boswell Visualització de fragments - 1909 |
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