The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... called- will , he thinks , be better recommended to the public than by low jests , awkward buffoonery , or the dull scurrilities of either party . ' If such a correspondence will be agreeable to you , be pleased to inform me in two ...
... called- will , he thinks , be better recommended to the public than by low jests , awkward buffoonery , or the dull scurrilities of either party . ' If such a correspondence will be agreeable to you , be pleased to inform me in two ...
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... called for his lines at the time agreed on , " Sit still a moment , " says I , " dear Mund , and I'll fetch them thee ; " so stepped aside for five minutes , and wrote the nonsense you now keep such a stir about . ' - Anecdotes , p . 34 ...
... called for his lines at the time agreed on , " Sit still a moment , " says I , " dear Mund , and I'll fetch them thee ; " so stepped aside for five minutes , and wrote the nonsense you now keep such a stir about . ' - Anecdotes , p . 34 ...
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... called anagram , so that they might easily be deciphered . Parliament then kept the press in a kind of mysterious awe , which made it necessary to have recourse to such devices . In our time it has acquired an unre- strained freedom ...
... called anagram , so that they might easily be deciphered . Parliament then kept the press in a kind of mysterious awe , which made it necessary to have recourse to such devices . In our time it has acquired an unre- strained freedom ...
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... called St. Vitus's dance ; and in this opinion I am confirmed by the descrip- tion which Sydenham gives of that disease : ' This disorder is a kind of convulsion . It mani- fests itself by halting , or unsteadiness of one of the legs ...
... called St. Vitus's dance ; and in this opinion I am confirmed by the descrip- tion which Sydenham gives of that disease : ' This disorder is a kind of convulsion . It mani- fests itself by halting , or unsteadiness of one of the legs ...
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... called upon by the company to finish it , which he instantly did . - BOSWELL . The following elegant Latin ode , which appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1743 ( vol . xiii . p . 548 ) ' Ad Authorem Carminis AD ORNATISSIMAM PUELLAM ...
... called upon by the company to finish it , which he instantly did . - BOSWELL . The following elegant Latin ode , which appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1743 ( vol . xiii . p . 548 ) ' Ad Authorem Carminis AD ORNATISSIMAM PUELLAM ...
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