The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... ; non , ut adsit , auxilî Latura plus præsentibus . Hor . Epod . i . 17.-Ed. The phrase " vexing thoughts , " is , I think , very expressive . It has been Beau- But I Joshua Reynolds is the same all the 4 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... ; non , ut adsit , auxilî Latura plus præsentibus . Hor . Epod . i . 17.-Ed. The phrase " vexing thoughts , " is , I think , very expressive . It has been Beau- But I Joshua Reynolds is the same all the 4 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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James Boswell. Beau- But I Joshua Reynolds is the same all the year round . clerk , except when ill , and in pain , is the same . believe most men have them in the degree in which they are capable of having them . If I were in the ...
James Boswell. Beau- But I Joshua Reynolds is the same all the year round . clerk , except when ill , and in pain , is the same . believe most men have them in the degree in which they are capable of having them . If I were in the ...
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... Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch judges , with the title of lord Dunsinan , and my very worthy friend sir William Forbes of Pitsligo . : We discussed the question , whether drinking improved ...
... Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch judges , with the title of lord Dunsinan , and my very worthy friend sir William Forbes of Pitsligo . : We discussed the question , whether drinking improved ...
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... Joshua mentioned Mr. Cumberland's odes , which were just published . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , they would have been thought as good as odes commonly are , if Cum- berland had not put his name to them ; but a name imme- diately draws ...
... Joshua mentioned Mr. Cumberland's odes , which were just published . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , they would have been thought as good as odes commonly are , if Cum- berland had not put his name to them ; but a name imme- diately draws ...
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... Joshua said , what I have often thought , that he wondered to find so much good writing employed in them , when the authors were to re- main unknown , and so could not have the motive of fame . JOHNSON . " Nay , sir , those who write in ...
... Joshua said , what I have often thought , that he wondered to find so much good writing employed in them , when the authors were to re- main unknown , and so could not have the motive of fame . JOHNSON . " Nay , sir , those who write in ...
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