The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... expressed our congenial admiration and af- fection for him . I shall ever recollect this scene with great pleasure . I exclaimed to her , " I am now , intellectually , Hermippus redivivus 3 , I am quite restored by him , by transfusion ...
... expressed our congenial admiration and af- fection for him . I shall ever recollect this scene with great pleasure . I exclaimed to her , " I am now , intellectually , Hermippus redivivus 3 , I am quite restored by him , by transfusion ...
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... expressed my opinion that the power of entailing should be limited thus : " That there should be one - third , or perhaps one half of the land of a country kept free for commerce ; that the proportion allowed to be entailed should be ...
... expressed my opinion that the power of entailing should be limited thus : " That there should be one - third , or perhaps one half of the land of a country kept free for commerce ; that the proportion allowed to be entailed should be ...
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... expressed his disapprobation of ornamental architecture , such as magnifi cent columns supporting a portico , or ex pensive pilasters supporting merely their Piozzi , [ On another occasion , he said , own capitals , " because it ...
... expressed his disapprobation of ornamental architecture , such as magnifi cent columns supporting a portico , or ex pensive pilasters supporting merely their Piozzi , [ On another occasion , he said , own capitals , " because it ...
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... expressed a desire to be acquainted with a lady who had been much talked of , and universally celebrated for extraordinary address and insinuation 3 . JOHNSON . " Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people . De ...
... expressed a desire to be acquainted with a lady who had been much talked of , and universally celebrated for extraordinary address and insinuation 3 . JOHNSON . " Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people . De ...
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... expressed his grati- tude to Dr Johnson for having once got him permission from . Dr. Taylor at Ash- bourne to play there upon moderate terms . Garrick's name was soon introduced . JOHN- SON . " Garrick's conversation is gay and ...
... expressed his grati- tude to Dr Johnson for having once got him permission from . Dr. Taylor at Ash- bourne to play there upon moderate terms . Garrick's name was soon introduced . JOHN- SON . " Garrick's conversation is gay and ...
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