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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... observed , ' There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellects . If a young or middle - aged man , when leaving a com- pany , does not recollect where he laid his hat , it is nothing ; but if ...
... observed , ' There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellects . If a young or middle - aged man , when leaving a com- pany , does not recollect where he laid his hat , it is nothing ; but if ...
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... observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ven- tured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . " Having observed the vain ostentatious importance of many people in quoting the authority of Dukes and Lords , as ...
... observed , he must have been a bold laugher who would have ven- tured to tell Dr. Johnson of any of his particularities . " Having observed the vain ostentatious importance of many people in quoting the authority of Dukes and Lords , as ...
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... observed , was , that his common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected . " Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another ...
... observed , was , that his common conversation in all companies was such as to secure him universal attention , as something above the usual colloquial style was expected . " Yet , though Johnson had this habit in company , when another ...
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... observed he was a fine cat , saying , ' why , yes , Sir , but I have had cats whom I liked better than this ; ' and then as if perceiving Hodge to be out of countenance , adding , but he is a very fine cat , a very fine cat indeed ...
... observed he was a fine cat , saying , ' why , yes , Sir , but I have had cats whom I liked better than this ; ' and then as if perceiving Hodge to be out of countenance , adding , but he is a very fine cat , a very fine cat indeed ...
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... observed , that men of curious enquiry might see in it such modes of life as very few could even imagine . He in parti- cular recommended to us to explore Wapping , which we resolved to do , and certainly shall . Mr. Lowe the painter ...
... observed , that men of curious enquiry might see in it such modes of life as very few could even imagine . He in parti- cular recommended to us to explore Wapping , which we resolved to do , and certainly shall . Mr. Lowe the painter ...
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