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... hear one of his most striking particularities pointed out : -Miss Hunter , a niece of his friend Christopher Smart , when a very young girl , struck by his extra- ordinary motions , said to him , ' Pray , Dr. Johnson , why do you make ...
... hear one of his most striking particularities pointed out : -Miss Hunter , a niece of his friend Christopher Smart , when a very young girl , struck by his extra- ordinary motions , said to him , ' Pray , Dr. Johnson , why do you make ...
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... hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . vent this , he used not only to pronounce them slowly and distinctly , but to take the trouble of spelling them ; a practice which I have often followed , and which I wish were general ...
... hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . vent this , he used not only to pronounce them slowly and distinctly , but to take the trouble of spelling them ; a practice which I have often followed , and which I wish were general ...
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... hear that the great Dr. Johnson could amuse himself with so slight and playful a species of composition as a Charade . I have recovered one which he made on Dr. Barnard , now Lord Bishop of Killaloe ; who has been pleased for many years ...
... hear that the great Dr. Johnson could amuse himself with so slight and playful a species of composition as a Charade . I have recovered one which he made on Dr. Barnard , now Lord Bishop of Killaloe ; who has been pleased for many years ...
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... hear so much , is very small . " JOHNSON . " Sir , natural affection is nothing . But affection from principle and established duty is sometimes wonder- fully strong . " LowE . " A hen , Sir , will feed her chickens in pre- ference to ...
... hear so much , is very small . " JOHNSON . " Sir , natural affection is nothing . But affection from principle and established duty is sometimes wonder- fully strong . " LowE . " A hen , Sir , will feed her chickens in pre- ference to ...
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... hear ancient times praised at the expence of modern times . There is now a great deal more learning in the world than there was for- merly ; for it is universally diffused . You have , perhaps , no man who knows as much Greek and Latin ...
... hear ancient times praised at the expence of modern times . There is now a great deal more learning in the world than there was for- merly ; for it is universally diffused . You have , perhaps , no man who knows as much Greek and Latin ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour ..., Volum 3 James Boswell Visualització completa - 1910 |
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