The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... mentioned to him this account , as given me by Dr. Adams , he said , ' Ah , sir , I was mad and violent . It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic . I was miserably poor , and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ...
... mentioned to him this account , as given me by Dr. Adams , he said , ' Ah , sir , I was mad and violent . It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic . I was miserably poor , and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ...
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... mentioned , and in my opinion did not do him justice ; but when it is considered that Paul Whitehead was a mem- ber of a riotous and profane club , 1 we may ac- count for Johnson having a prejudice against him . Paul Whitehead was ...
... mentioned , and in my opinion did not do him justice ; but when it is considered that Paul Whitehead was a mem- ber of a riotous and profane club , 1 we may ac- count for Johnson having a prejudice against him . Paul Whitehead was ...
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... mentioned , upon Johnson's own authority , that for his London he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame ... mentioned , has very generally , I 3 In this poem one of the instances mentioned of believe , been misunderstood ...
... mentioned , upon Johnson's own authority , that for his London he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame ... mentioned , has very generally , I 3 In this poem one of the instances mentioned of believe , been misunderstood ...
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... mentioned in a manner that seems to indicate some connection between them , were Henry , and his sister Sally , Fielding , as she was then popularly called . Fielding had previously been a periodical essayist , and cer- tainly was well ...
... mentioned in a manner that seems to indicate some connection between them , were Henry , and his sister Sally , Fielding , as she was then popularly called . Fielding had previously been a periodical essayist , and cer- tainly was well ...
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... mentioned this story to George Lord Lyttleton , who told me he was very intimate with Lord Chesterfield ; and holding it as a well - known truth , defended Lord Chesterfield by saying , that ' Cibber , who had been introduced fami ...
... mentioned this story to George Lord Lyttleton , who told me he was very intimate with Lord Chesterfield ; and holding it as a well - known truth , defended Lord Chesterfield by saying , that ' Cibber , who had been introduced fami ...
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