The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... occasion , be the writers of his life : like the first repre- sentation of the " Masque of Comus , " which , by changing their characters from spectators to performers , was acted by the lords and ladies it was written to entertain ...
... occasion , be the writers of his life : like the first repre- sentation of the " Masque of Comus , " which , by changing their characters from spectators to performers , was acted by the lords and ladies it was written to entertain ...
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... occasion that offered : his disquisition on Pope's epitaph placed over Mrs. Corbet , is a proof of that preference always 1 See Life , vol . i . , p . 10 . 1 given by him to a noiseless life over a bustling BY MRS . PIOZZI ,
... occasion that offered : his disquisition on Pope's epitaph placed over Mrs. Corbet , is a proof of that preference always 1 See Life , vol . i . , p . 10 . 1 given by him to a noiseless life over a bustling BY MRS . PIOZZI ,
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... occasion said to him , " You will make your way the more easily in the world , I see , as you are contented to dispute no man's claim to conversation excellence , they will , therefore , more willingly allow your pretensions as a writer ...
... occasion said to him , " You will make your way the more easily in the world , I see , as you are contented to dispute no man's claim to conversation excellence , they will , therefore , more willingly allow your pretensions as a writer ...
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... occasion commends like a pedant , and Père Rollin applauds like a slave ? If Cyrus by his conquests had not purchased emancipation , he had conquered to little purpose indeed . Can you bear to see the folly of a fellow who has in his ...
... occasion commends like a pedant , and Père Rollin applauds like a slave ? If Cyrus by his conquests had not purchased emancipation , he had conquered to little purpose indeed . Can you bear to see the folly of a fellow who has in his ...
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... occasions he would express his astonishment that he should have an enemy in the world , while he had been doing nothing but good to his neigh- bours , I used to make him recollect these circumstances : " Why child ( said he ) , what ...
... occasions he would express his astonishment that he should have an enemy in the world , while he had been doing nothing but good to his neigh- bours , I used to make him recollect these circumstances : " Why child ( said he ) , what ...
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