The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 7J. Murray, 1835 |
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... told , Congreve wrote his " Old Bachelor . " We viewed a remarkable natural curiosity at Ilam ; two rivers bursting near each other from the rock , not from immediate springs , but after having run for many miles under ground . Plott ...
... told , Congreve wrote his " Old Bachelor . " We viewed a remarkable natural curiosity at Ilam ; two rivers bursting near each other from the rock , not from immediate springs , but after having run for many miles under ground . Plott ...
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... told me that it was Johnson him- self who had made this experiment ; but there is not the least doubt of the fact . The river sinks suddenly into the earth behind a hill above the valley , and bursts out again in the same direction ...
... told me that it was Johnson him- self who had made this experiment ; but there is not the least doubt of the fact . The river sinks suddenly into the earth behind a hill above the valley , and bursts out again in the same direction ...
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... told us was " perfectly well shaped . " John- son , after examining the animal attentively , thus re- pressed the vain - glory of our host : " No , Sir , he is not well shaped ; for there is not the quick transition from the thickness ...
... told us was " perfectly well shaped . " John- son , after examining the animal attentively , thus re- pressed the vain - glory of our host : " No , Sir , he is not well shaped ; for there is not the quick transition from the thickness ...
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... told that Horace , Earl of Orford , has a collection of Bon - Mots by persons who never said but one . B. I see coarseness here , but no wit . - C. - he must be more combustible than other people . " 10 1777 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... told that Horace , Earl of Orford , has a collection of Bon - Mots by persons who never said but one . B. I see coarseness here , but no wit . - C. - he must be more combustible than other people . " 10 1777 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... told me , that Bacon was a favourite author with him ; but he had never read his works till he was compiling the English Dictionary , in which he said , I might see Bacon very often quoted . Mr. Seward recollects his having mentioned ...
... told me , that Bacon was a favourite author with him ; but he had never read his works till he was compiling the English Dictionary , in which he said , I might see Bacon very often quoted . Mr. Seward recollects his having mentioned ...
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