The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
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... Johnson said , " They are Col- man's best things . " Upon it being observed that it was believed these Odes were made by Colman and Lloyd jointly ; -JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , how can two people make an Ode ? Perhaps one made one of them ...
... Johnson said , " They are Col- man's best things . " Upon it being observed that it was believed these Odes were made by Colman and Lloyd jointly ; -JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , how can two people make an Ode ? Perhaps one made one of them ...
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... JOHNSON . " He was a blockhead for his pains . " BOSWELL . " The Duchess of Northumberland wrote . " " JOHNSON . " Sir , the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases : nobody will say any thing to a lady of her high rank . But ...
... JOHNSON . " He was a blockhead for his pains . " BOSWELL . " The Duchess of Northumberland wrote . " " JOHNSON . " Sir , the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases : nobody will say any thing to a lady of her high rank . But ...
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... Johnson to think of other wild beasts ; and while Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mr. Langton were carrying on a dialogue about something which engaged them earnestly , he , in the midst of it , broke out , " Pennant tells of Bears " [ what he ...
... Johnson to think of other wild beasts ; and while Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mr. Langton were carrying on a dialogue about something which engaged them earnestly , he , in the midst of it , broke out , " Pennant tells of Bears " [ what he ...
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... Johnson had supped the night before at Mrs. Abington's , with some fashionable people whom he named ; and he seemed much pleased with having made one in so elegant a circle.1 Mrs. Thrale , who frequently practised a coarse mode of ...
... Johnson had supped the night before at Mrs. Abington's , with some fashionable people whom he named ; and he seemed much pleased with having made one in so elegant a circle.1 Mrs. Thrale , who frequently practised a coarse mode of ...
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... Johnson and me . Johnson was in such good spirits , that every thing seemed to please him as we drove along . Our conversation turned on a variety of subjects . He thought portrait - painting an improper employment for a woman ...
... Johnson and me . Johnson was in such good spirits , that every thing seemed to please him as we drove along . Our conversation turned on a variety of subjects . He thought portrait - painting an improper employment for a woman ...
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