The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... remember Queen Anne at all ? " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " The christening of his brother he remembered with all its circumstances , and ...
... remember Queen Anne at all ? " He had , " he said , " a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . " The christening of his brother he remembered with all its circumstances , and ...
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... Remember always ( said he ) that the parents buy the books , and that the children never read them . " Mrs. Barbauld however had his best praise , and deserved it ; no man was more struck than Mr. Johnson with voluntary descent from ...
... Remember always ( said he ) that the parents buy the books , and that the children never read them . " Mrs. Barbauld however had his best praise , and deserved it ; no man was more struck than Mr. Johnson with voluntary descent from ...
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... remember right , and had a manner at once sullen and sheepish . " That lad ( says Mr. Johnson ) looks like the son ... remembering distant occurrences , and long past conversations . " At the age of eighteen Dr. Johnson quitted school ...
... remember right , and had a manner at once sullen and sheepish . " That lad ( says Mr. Johnson ) looks like the son ... remembering distant occurrences , and long past conversations . " At the age of eighteen Dr. Johnson quitted school ...
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... remember ; but what we should wish to recollect with pleasure , unpoisoned by remorse for not remembering more . While I write this , I neglect impressing my mind with the wonders of art , and beauties of nature , that now surround me ...
... remember ; but what we should wish to recollect with pleasure , unpoisoned by remorse for not remembering more . While I write this , I neglect impressing my mind with the wonders of art , and beauties of nature , that now surround me ...
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... remember the pleasure it gave him to have written it . It was however in the year 1775 that Mr. Edmund Burke made the famous speech in parliament ' that struck even foes with admiration , and friends with delight . Among the nameless ...
... remember the pleasure it gave him to have written it . It was however in the year 1775 that Mr. Edmund Burke made the famous speech in parliament ' that struck even foes with admiration , and friends with delight . Among the nameless ...
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