The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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... told him , I thought it a very sonorous hexameter . did not tell him , it was not in the Virgilian style . He much regretted that his first tutor was dead ; for whom he seemed to retain the greatest regard . He said , ' I once had been ...
... told him , I thought it a very sonorous hexameter . did not tell him , it was not in the Virgilian style . He much regretted that his first tutor was dead ; for whom he seemed to retain the greatest regard . He said , ' I once had been ...
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... told me , that they previously talked with Johnson upon this matter , and that it was perfectly understood by all parties that the pension was merely honorary . Sir Joshua Reynolds told me , that John- son called on him after his ...
... told me , that they previously talked with Johnson upon this matter , and that it was perfectly understood by all parties that the pension was merely honorary . Sir Joshua Reynolds told me , that John- son called on him after his ...
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... told them if they would call for another bottle , they should hear one of his bon mots . They agreed , and he began thus : I was once told that Sheridan , the player , in order to improve himself in stage gestures , had looking glasses ...
... told them if they would call for another bottle , they should hear one of his bon mots . They agreed , and he began thus : I was once told that Sheridan , the player , in order to improve himself in stage gestures , had looking glasses ...
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