The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... poor His piety • His respect for Catholics Want of sympathy with the Fine Arts His charity Sells the Vicar of Wakefield . The Literary Club • 3-121 3-4 6 6-10 11 · 15 , 16 17 18 18 , 19 19 , 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29-32 33 34 36 37 40 ...
... poor His piety • His respect for Catholics Want of sympathy with the Fine Arts His charity Sells the Vicar of Wakefield . The Literary Club • 3-121 3-4 6 6-10 11 · 15 , 16 17 18 18 , 19 19 , 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29-32 33 34 36 37 40 ...
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... poor duck That Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd it had been good luck , For it would have been an odd one ; " is a striking example of early expansion of mind , and knowledge of language ; yet he always seemed more mortified at ...
... poor duck That Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd it had been good luck , For it would have been an odd one ; " is a striking example of early expansion of mind , and knowledge of language ; yet he always seemed more mortified at ...
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... poor Bathurst is dead !!! " - Here a long pause and a few tears ensued . " Why Sir , " said I , " how like is all this to Jean Jacques Rousseau ! as like , I mean , as the sensations of frost and fire , when my child complained ...
... poor Bathurst is dead !!! " - Here a long pause and a few tears ensued . " Why Sir , " said I , " how like is all this to Jean Jacques Rousseau ! as like , I mean , as the sensations of frost and fire , when my child complained ...
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... Poor Dr. Sumner died , however , before the next vacation . " Mr. Johnson was of opinion , too , that young people should have positive , not general rules given for their direction . " My mother ( said he ) was always telling me that I ...
... Poor Dr. Sumner died , however , before the next vacation . " Mr. Johnson was of opinion , too , that young people should have positive , not general rules given for their direction . " My mother ( said he ) was always telling me that I ...
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... in the dispute : " Poor people's children , dear Lady ( said he ) never respect them : I did not respect my own mother , though I loved her : and one 66 day , when in anger she called me a puppy 14 ANECDOTES OF JOHNSON.
... in the dispute : " Poor people's children , dear Lady ( said he ) never respect them : I did not respect my own mother , though I loved her : and one 66 day , when in anger she called me a puppy 14 ANECDOTES OF JOHNSON.
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