The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... afterwards have occasion to consider the extensive and varied range which Johnson took , when he was once led upon ground which he trod with a peculiar delight , having long been intimately acquainted with all the circumstances of it ...
... afterwards have occasion to consider the extensive and varied range which Johnson took , when he was once led upon ground which he trod with a peculiar delight , having long been intimately acquainted with all the circumstances of it ...
Page 104
... afterwards asked what he thought of him , answered , " He's a tremendous companion . " Johnson told me , that " Taylor was a very sensible acute man , and had a strong mind : that he had great activity in some respects , and yet such a ...
... afterwards asked what he thought of him , answered , " He's a tremendous companion . " Johnson told me , that " Taylor was a very sensible acute man , and had a strong mind : that he had great activity in some respects , and yet such a ...
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... afterwards collected into a pamphlet . Somebody said to Johnson , across the table , that he had not been in those characters . " Yes ( said he ) I have . I should have been sorry to be left out . " He then repeated what had been ...
... afterwards collected into a pamphlet . Somebody said to Johnson , across the table , that he had not been in those characters . " Yes ( said he ) I have . I should have been sorry to be left out . " He then repeated what had been ...
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