The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... asked him how he did , " Ready to become a scoundrel , madam ; with a little more spoiling , you will , I think , make me a complete rascal " -he meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian ; a character for ...
... asked him how he did , " Ready to become a scoundrel , madam ; with a little more spoiling , you will , I think , make me a complete rascal " -he meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian ; a character for ...
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... asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he wished on his own account . ' I was not pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's fa- mily , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoyment , was not ...
... asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he wished on his own account . ' I was not pleased that his intimacy with Mr. Thrale's fa- mily , though it no doubt contributed much to his comfort and enjoyment , was not ...
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... asked , ' Is not this fine ? ' Shiels having expressed the highest admiration , Well , sir , ' said I , I have omitted every other line . ' 999 · I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I ...
... asked , ' Is not this fine ? ' Shiels having expressed the highest admiration , Well , sir , ' said I , I have omitted every other line . ' 999 · I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I ...
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... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supped this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch ...
... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supped this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne , now one of the Scotch ...
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... asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary , and what commentaries he would recommend . JOHNSON . " To be sure , sir , I would have you read the Bible with a commentary ; and I would recommend Lowth and ...
... asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary , and what commentaries he would recommend . JOHNSON . " To be sure , sir , I would have you read the Bible with a commentary ; and I would recommend Lowth and ...
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