The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... JOHN- SON . " Players , sir ! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools , to make ... John- zon's diary ( quoted by Sir John Hawkins , " Life of Johnson , " p . 517 ) , by which it appears that he had ...
... JOHN- SON . " Players , sir ! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools , to make ... John- zon's diary ( quoted by Sir John Hawkins , " Life of Johnson , " p . 517 ) , by which it appears that he had ...
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... John- son's own name , and , by his silence , was admitted by him to be genuine . " " JOHN- SON . " I shall give myself no trouble about the matter . " He was , perhaps , above suffering from such spurious publications ; but I could not ...
... John- son's own name , and , by his silence , was admitted by him to be genuine . " " JOHN- SON . " I shall give myself no trouble about the matter . " He was , perhaps , above suffering from such spurious publications ; but I could not ...
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... John Hawkins expressed a wonder at his attaining a seat , Johnson said , " Now we who know Mr. Burke , know that he will be one of the first men in the country . " And once , when Johnson was ill , and un- able to exert himself as much ...
... John Hawkins expressed a wonder at his attaining a seat , Johnson said , " Now we who know Mr. Burke , know that he will be one of the first men in the country . " And once , when Johnson was ill , and un- able to exert himself as much ...
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... John- son said to me , " After the uncertainty of all human things at Hector's , this invitation came very well . " We walked about the town , and he was pleased to see it increas- ing . I talked of legitimation by subsequent marriage ...
... John- son said to me , " After the uncertainty of all human things at Hector's , this invitation came very well . " We walked about the town , and he was pleased to see it increas- ing . I talked of legitimation by subsequent marriage ...
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... John- son told me , did it to vex his neighbours . His lady , I have reason to believe , on the 1 See an accurate and animated statement of Mr. Gastrel's barbarity , by Mr. Malone , in a note on " Some Account of the Life of William ...
... John- son told me , did it to vex his neighbours . His lady , I have reason to believe , on the 1 See an accurate and animated statement of Mr. Gastrel's barbarity , by Mr. Malone , in a note on " Some Account of the Life of William ...
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