The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 - Authors, English |
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... nature . " " It is a very good custom to keep a journal for a man's own use ; he may write upon a card a day all that is necessary to be written , after he has had experience of life . At first there is a great deal to be written ...
... nature . " " It is a very good custom to keep a journal for a man's own use ; he may write upon a card a day all that is necessary to be written , after he has had experience of life . At first there is a great deal to be written ...
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... natural influence wisely used , and from the sanguine expectations of those who look forward to the chance of future favour . " Sir Joshua Reynolds communicated to me the following particulars : " Johnson thought the poems published as ...
... natural influence wisely used , and from the sanguine expectations of those who look forward to the chance of future favour . " Sir Joshua Reynolds communicated to me the following particulars : " Johnson thought the poems published as ...
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... nature . I once reminded him that when Dr. Adam Smith was expatiating on the beauty of Glasgow , he had cut him short by saying , ' Pray , Sir , have you ever seen Brentford ? ' and I took the liberty to add , ' My dear Sir , surely ...
... nature . I once reminded him that when Dr. Adam Smith was expatiating on the beauty of Glasgow , he had cut him short by saying , ' Pray , Sir , have you ever seen Brentford ? ' and I took the liberty to add , ' My dear Sir , surely ...
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... nature was remarkably exemplified in Johnson . His liberality in giving his money to persons in distress was extraordinary . Yet there lurked about him a propensity to paltry saving . One day I owned to him , that I was occasionally ...
... nature was remarkably exemplified in Johnson . His liberality in giving his money to persons in distress was extraordinary . Yet there lurked about him a propensity to paltry saving . One day I owned to him , that I was occasionally ...
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... nature of the 66 great Twalmley's " contrivance , which is vaguely described by Boswell . invention , " says Southey , " consisted in applying a sliding - door , like a flood - gate , to an ironing - box , flat - irons having till then ...
... nature of the 66 great Twalmley's " contrivance , which is vaguely described by Boswell . invention , " says Southey , " consisted in applying a sliding - door , like a flood - gate , to an ironing - box , flat - irons having till then ...
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