The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... answered by Francis Barber , who told him that the Doctor had been dead some hours . As might be supposed , Johnson was a devout , if intermittent , church - goer . " He was not constant in his attendance on divine worship , " says ...
... answered by Francis Barber , who told him that the Doctor had been dead some hours . As might be supposed , Johnson was a devout , if intermittent , church - goer . " He was not constant in his attendance on divine worship , " says ...
Page xxxvi
... answer with a grunt , " I came as fast as I could ; " upon which the Duke calmly said , " CADOGAN , I would not for a thousand pounds have that fellow's temper . " There are some men , I believe , who have , or think they have , a very ...
... answer with a grunt , " I came as fast as I could ; " upon which the Duke calmly said , " CADOGAN , I would not for a thousand pounds have that fellow's temper . " There are some men , I believe , who have , or think they have , a very ...
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... answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with beholding him . " Nor ...
... answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel , and would have staid for ever in the church , satisfied with beholding him . " Nor ...
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... answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candlestick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now ...
... answer it , he would beat him , without considering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candlestick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now ...
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... ILIAD . SHE ceas'd ; then godlike Hector answer'd kind , ( His various plumage sporting in the wind ) That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake the unfinished war A.D. 1709-1727 21 EARLY YEARS.
... ILIAD . SHE ceas'd ; then godlike Hector answer'd kind , ( His various plumage sporting in the wind ) That post , and all the rest , shall be my care ; But shall I , then , forsake the unfinished war A.D. 1709-1727 21 EARLY YEARS.
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