The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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Page 17
... months spent by me most delightfully in Italy— " That I priz'd every hour that pass'd by ; Beyond all that had pleas'd me before ; But now they are past , and I sigh And VI . C BY MRS . PIOZZI . 17 Verses on a Sprig of Myrtle ·
... months spent by me most delightfully in Italy— " That I priz'd every hour that pass'd by ; Beyond all that had pleas'd me before ; But now they are past , and I sigh And VI . C BY MRS . PIOZZI . 17 Verses on a Sprig of Myrtle ·
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... Italian verses too , at the end of Baretti's book , called " Easy Phraseology , " he did all ' improviso , in the same manner : " Viva ! viva la padrona ! Tutta bella , e tutta buona , La padrona è un angiolella Tutta buona e tutta ...
... Italian verses too , at the end of Baretti's book , called " Easy Phraseology , " he did all ' improviso , in the same manner : " Viva ! viva la padrona ! Tutta bella , e tutta buona , La padrona è un angiolella Tutta buona e tutta ...
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... Italy , and England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpast , The next in majesty ; in both the last . The force of Nature could no further go , To make a third she join'd the former two . " One evening in the oratorio ...
... Italy , and England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpast , The next in majesty ; in both the last . The force of Nature could no further go , To make a third she join'd the former two . " One evening in the oratorio ...
Page 41
... Italy collecting books , contained some very particular advice to his friend to be on his guard against the seductions of the church of Rome . The settled aversion Dr. Johnson felt towards an infidel he expressed to all ranks , and at ...
... Italy collecting books , contained some very particular advice to his friend to be on his guard against the seductions of the church of Rome . The settled aversion Dr. Johnson felt towards an infidel he expressed to all ranks , and at ...
Page 70
... Italy , was very great ; and he had a longing wish to leave some Latin verses at the Grand Chartreux . He loved indeed the very act of travelling , and I cannot tell how far one might have taken him in a carriage before he would have ...
... Italy , was very great ; and he had a longing wish to leave some Latin verses at the Grand Chartreux . He loved indeed the very act of travelling , and I cannot tell how far one might have taken him in a carriage before he would have ...
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