The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... soon laid aside , " lest it should make him proud . " But those who criticise the " Tyrian bloom , satin grain of poor Goldsmith , will do well to remember that even Goldsmith's distinguished ally had sumptuary outbreaks . To Covent ...
... soon laid aside , " lest it should make him proud . " But those who criticise the " Tyrian bloom , satin grain of poor Goldsmith , will do well to remember that even Goldsmith's distinguished ally had sumptuary outbreaks . To Covent ...
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... soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be ...
... soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be ...
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... soon discovered to be bad , and to relieve them , an issue was cut in his left arm . At the end of ten weeks from his birth , he was taken home from his nurse , " a poor diseased infant , almost blind . " See a work , already quoted ...
... soon discovered to be bad , and to relieve them , an issue was cut in his left arm . At the end of ten weeks from his birth , he was taken home from his nurse , " a poor diseased infant , almost blind . " See a work , already quoted ...
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... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnish- ing some numbers of a periodical Essay printed in the newspaper , of which Warren was ...
... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnish- ing some numbers of a periodical Essay printed in the newspaper , of which Warren was ...
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... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
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