The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... Doctor does not know your life ; nor can I tell indeed who does , except Dr. Taylor of Ashbourne . " Why Taylor , " said he , " is better acquainted with my heart than any man or woman now alive ; and the history of my Oxford exploits ...
... Doctor does not know your life ; nor can I tell indeed who does , except Dr. Taylor of Ashbourne . " Why Taylor , " said he , " is better acquainted with my heart than any man or woman now alive ; and the history of my Oxford exploits ...
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... Doctor , had I been in the house , I would have answered thus : 66 Suppose , Mr. Speaker , that to Wharton , or to Marlborough , or to any of the eminent whigs of the last age , the devil had , not with any great impropriety , consented ...
... Doctor , had I been in the house , I would have answered thus : 66 Suppose , Mr. Speaker , that to Wharton , or to Marlborough , or to any of the eminent whigs of the last age , the devil had , not with any great impropriety , consented ...
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... Doctor was so delighted at his odd sally , that he suddenly em- braced him , and the subject was immediately changed . I never saw Mr. Scott but that once in my life . Dr. Johnson was liberal enough in granting literary assistance to ...
... Doctor was so delighted at his odd sally , that he suddenly em- braced him , and the subject was immediately changed . I never saw Mr. Scott but that once in my life . Dr. Johnson was liberal enough in granting literary assistance to ...
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... Doctor , however , displayed so copious , so compendious a knowledge of authors , books , and every branch of learning in that language , that the gentleman appeared astonished . When he was gone home ( says Johnson ) , " Now for all ...
... Doctor , however , displayed so copious , so compendious a knowledge of authors , books , and every branch of learning in that language , that the gentleman appeared astonished . When he was gone home ( says Johnson ) , " Now for all ...
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... Doctor commend , in which he now found , if I remember rightly , sixteen faults , and made Garrick look silly at his own table . When I told Mr. Johnson the story , " Why , what a monkey was David now ( says he ) , to tell of his own ...
... Doctor commend , in which he now found , if I remember rightly , sixteen faults , and made Garrick look silly at his own table . When I told Mr. Johnson the story , " Why , what a monkey was David now ( says he ) , to tell of his own ...
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