The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... remarkable for humour than harmony . To the Pantheon in Oxford Street he also went occasionally , although he did not consider Wyatt's coup d'œil to be compared with that of the Ranelagh Rotunda . Probably it was duller , since Gibbon ...
... remarkable for humour than harmony . To the Pantheon in Oxford Street he also went occasionally , although he did not consider Wyatt's coup d'œil to be compared with that of the Ranelagh Rotunda . Probably it was duller , since Gibbon ...
Page xxii
... remarkable " frisk " on the part of Samuel Johnson , of which , since it occurred before the advent of Boswell , the historian is necessarily Hawkins , who was one of the actors . A protegée of Johnson , Mrs. Charlotte Lenox of the ...
... remarkable " frisk " on the part of Samuel Johnson , of which , since it occurred before the advent of Boswell , the historian is necessarily Hawkins , who was one of the actors . A protegée of Johnson , Mrs. Charlotte Lenox of the ...
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... remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , " That the strength of his understanding , the accuracy of his discernment , and the ardour of his curiosity , might ...
... remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , " That the strength of his understanding , the accuracy of his discernment , and the ardour of his curiosity , might ...
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... remarkable , and does honour to human nature . - Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a ...
... remarkable , and does honour to human nature . - Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a ...
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... remarkable for good breeding ; so that the notion which has been industriously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till late in life , and consequently had been confirmed in coarse and ferocious manners by long ...
... remarkable for good breeding ; so that the notion which has been industriously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till late in life , and consequently had been confirmed in coarse and ferocious manners by long ...
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