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 v
... portrait in repose , thoughtful , almost sublime , but we sometimes feel , " Would that an artist eye had seen him at Uttoxeter doing penance in passionate repentance ! Would that some one had noted the tender pathos of the farewell ...
... portrait in repose , thoughtful , almost sublime , but we sometimes feel , " Would that an artist eye had seen him at Uttoxeter doing penance in passionate repentance ! Would that some one had noted the tender pathos of the farewell ...
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... portrait from his hand . But we must confess that when Reynolds exchanges his brush for the pen , he fills us with disappointment and surprise , while the " Recol- lections " of Johnson by Miss Reynolds , though containing some few ...
... portrait from his hand . But we must confess that when Reynolds exchanges his brush for the pen , he fills us with disappointment and surprise , while the " Recol- lections " of Johnson by Miss Reynolds , though containing some few ...
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... portrait ; and that he had his own outset into life in his eye when he wrote the eastern story of Gelaleddin . Of the allegorical papers in the " Rambler , " Labour and Rest was his favourite ; but Serotinus , the man who returns late ...
... portrait ; and that he had his own outset into life in his eye when he wrote the eastern story of Gelaleddin . Of the allegorical papers in the " Rambler , " Labour and Rest was his favourite ; but Serotinus , the man who returns late ...
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... portrait of all the rest . Filled with wrath against the traitor of Rumford , one of them resolved to write to the printer and enquire the author's name ; Samuel Johnson , was the reply . No more was necessary ; Samuel Johnson was the ...
... portrait of all the rest . Filled with wrath against the traitor of Rumford , one of them resolved to write to the printer and enquire the author's name ; Samuel Johnson , was the reply . No more was necessary ; Samuel Johnson was the ...
Page 116
... down , Sir ! ” When Mr. Thrale built the new library at Streatham , and 1 This paragraph is quoted by Boswell . Life , vol . iv . ( June 30 , 1784 ) . hung up over the books the portraits of his favourite 116 ANECDOTES OF JOHNSON.
... down , Sir ! ” When Mr. Thrale built the new library at Streatham , and 1 This paragraph is quoted by Boswell . Life , vol . iv . ( June 30 , 1784 ) . hung up over the books the portraits of his favourite 116 ANECDOTES OF JOHNSON.
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