The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? " said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and he re- peated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? " said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and he re- peated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector re- members having recited to him eighteen verses , which after a little pause he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with other boys in their or ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector re- members having recited to him eighteen verses , which after a little pause he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with other boys in their or ...
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... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that college , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows , that the mild but judicious ...
... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that college , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows , that the mild but judicious ...
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... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me that Mr. Walmesley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot , his book- seller , and that ...
... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me that Mr. Walmesley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot , his book- seller , and that ...
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... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birmingham , and who had practised his own precepts of economy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson - who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
... heard him relate , was an Irish painter , whom he knew at Birmingham , and who had practised his own precepts of economy for several years in the British capital . He assured Johnson - who , I suppose , was then meditating to try his ...
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