The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 10J. Murray, 1839 |
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... appearance of our author's " Lives , " biography , with few exceptions , had been confined to military and political characters : it has given rise , also , to much dis- cussion and research into the merits and defects of our national ...
... appearance of our author's " Lives , " biography , with few exceptions , had been confined to military and political characters : it has given rise , also , to much dis- cussion and research into the merits and defects of our national ...
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... appeared to take very little notice . Why , Doctor , I believe you prefer the company of men to that of the ladies . " Madam , " replied he , " I am very fond of the company of ladies ; I like their beauty , I like their delicacy , I ...
... appeared to take very little notice . Why , Doctor , I believe you prefer the company of men to that of the ladies . " Madam , " replied he , " I am very fond of the company of ladies ; I like their beauty , I like their delicacy , I ...
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... appearance of design . Here was no formal circle , to petrify an unfortunate stranger on his entrance ; no rules of conversation to observe ; no holding forth of one to his own distress , and the stupefying of his audience ; no reading ...
... appearance of design . Here was no formal circle , to petrify an unfortunate stranger on his entrance ; no rules of conversation to observe ; no holding forth of one to his own distress , and the stupefying of his audience ; no reading ...
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... appearance of a shady oak , inclining a little towards the east . The circumference of the trunk at the bottom is sixteen feet , in the middle eleven feet , and at the top , immediately below the branches , thirteen feet . The entire ...
... appearance of a shady oak , inclining a little towards the east . The circumference of the trunk at the bottom is sixteen feet , in the middle eleven feet , and at the top , immediately below the branches , thirteen feet . The entire ...
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... appeared , of such transcendent abili- ties , that their slightest and most cursory performances excel all that labour and study can enable meaner intellects to compose ; as there are regions of which the spontaneous products cannot be ...
... appeared , of such transcendent abili- ties , that their slightest and most cursory performances excel all that labour and study can enable meaner intellects to compose ; as there are regions of which the spontaneous products cannot be ...
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