“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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Page 256
... attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini in London , when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity a puppet was made to toss a pike , he could not bear that it should have such ...
... attention was paid to them than to him ; and once at the exhibition of the Fantoccini in London , when those who sat next him observed with what dexterity a puppet was made to toss a pike , he could not bear that it should have such ...
Page 401
... attention , you will be pleased to take a convenient opportunity of mentioning it to Lord North . If his Lordship should happily approve of it , I shall have the satisfaction of having been , in some degree , the humble instrument of ...
... attention , you will be pleased to take a convenient opportunity of mentioning it to Lord North . If his Lordship should happily approve of it , I shall have the satisfaction of having been , in some degree , the humble instrument of ...
Page 618
... attention he bestowed on it . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , he died of want of attention , if he died at all by that book . " We talked of a work much in vogue at that time , written ir , a very mellifluous style , but which , under pretext ...
... attention he bestowed on it . " JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , he died of want of attention , if he died at all by that book . " We talked of a work much in vogue at that time , written ir , a very mellifluous style , but which , under pretext ...
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