The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... seen him at Uttoxeter doing penance in passionate repentance ! Would that some one had noted the tender pathos of the farewell look on his dying ser- vant , Catherine Chambers ; or the glee with which , when almost penniless himself ...
... seen him at Uttoxeter doing penance in passionate repentance ! Would that some one had noted the tender pathos of the farewell look on his dying ser- vant , Catherine Chambers ; or the glee with which , when almost penniless himself ...
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... seen a bad road in his life . The two brothers did not , however , much delight in each other's company , being always rivals for the mother's fondness ; and many of the severe reflec- tions on domestic life in " Rasselas , " took their ...
... seen a bad road in his life . The two brothers did not , however , much delight in each other's company , being always rivals for the mother's fondness ; and many of the severe reflec- tions on domestic life in " Rasselas , " took their ...
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... seen in his father's shop , intitled , " De Veritate Religionis , & c . " he began to think himself highly culpable for neglecting such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding many acts of ...
... seen in his father's shop , intitled , " De Veritate Religionis , & c . " he began to think himself highly culpable for neglecting such a means of information , and took himself severely to task for this sin , adding many acts of ...
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... seen played on common occasions , of sitting steadily down at the other end of the room to write at the moment what should be said in company , either by Dr. Johnson or to him , I never practised myself , nor approved of in another ...
... seen played on common occasions , of sitting steadily down at the other end of the room to write at the moment what should be said in company , either by Dr. Johnson or to him , I never practised myself , nor approved of in another ...
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... seen it printed . " Perpetui , ambitá bis terra , premia lactis Hæc habet altrici Capra secunda Jovis . " The epigram written at Lord Anson's house many years ago , " where ( says Mr. Johnson ) I was well received and kindly treated ...
... seen it printed . " Perpetui , ambitá bis terra , premia lactis Hæc habet altrici Capra secunda Jovis . " The epigram written at Lord Anson's house many years ago , " where ( says Mr. Johnson ) I was well received and kindly treated ...
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