The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... answered it was not . " After dinner , Mrs. Butter went with me to see the silk - mill which Mr. John Lombe had1 had a patent for , having brought away the contrivance from Italy . I am not very conversant with mechanicks ; but the ...
... answered it was not . " After dinner , Mrs. Butter went with me to see the silk - mill which Mr. John Lombe had1 had a patent for , having brought away the contrivance from Italy . I am not very conversant with mechanicks ; but the ...
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... answered , - " Why should you think so ? Depend upon it , sir , when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight , it con- centrates his mind wonderfully . " " JOHNSON . 66 Sir , as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own , while that ...
... answered , - " Why should you think so ? Depend upon it , sir , when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight , it con- centrates his mind wonderfully . " " JOHNSON . 66 Sir , as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own , while that ...
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... answered , " a great deal either of wine or strong punch . " . " Then ( said he ) , that is the worse . " I pre- sume to illustrate my friend's observation thus : " A for- tress which soon surrenders has its walls less shattered , than ...
... answered , " a great deal either of wine or strong punch . " . " Then ( said he ) , that is the worse . " I pre- sume to illustrate my friend's observation thus : " A for- tress which soon surrenders has its walls less shattered , than ...
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... answer was , " No , no , let him mind his business . " do not agree with him , sir , in this . not all a man's business : to cultivate able part of the business of life . " JOHNSON . " I Getting money is kindness is a valu- In the ...
... answer was , " No , no , let him mind his business . " do not agree with him , sir , in this . not all a man's business : to cultivate able part of the business of life . " JOHNSON . " I Getting money is kindness is a valu- In the ...
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... answer , I do not insist on your doing it ; you may be a very good Papist without it : I do it only as a help to my devo- tion . " " I said , the great article of Christianity is the revelation of immortality . Johnson admitted it was ...
... answer , I do not insist on your doing it ; you may be a very good Papist without it : I do it only as a help to my devo- tion . " " I said , the great article of Christianity is the revelation of immortality . Johnson admitted it was ...
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