The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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Page 194
... took the liberty to ask him , if Swift had per- sonally offended him , and he told me , he had not . He said to - day , " Swift is clear , but he is shallow . In coarse humour he is inferior to Arbuthnot ; in delicate humour he is ...
... took the liberty to ask him , if Swift had per- sonally offended him , and he told me , he had not . He said to - day , " Swift is clear , but he is shallow . In coarse humour he is inferior to Arbuthnot ; in delicate humour he is ...
Page 213
... took , you tell me nothing . If I say I took a week to walk a mile , and have had the gout five days , and been ill otherwise another 1 Sir William Hope , of the Hopetoune family published , in 1892 , a work entitled " Tha Complete ...
... took , you tell me nothing . If I say I took a week to walk a mile , and have had the gout five days , and been ill otherwise another 1 Sir William Hope , of the Hopetoune family published , in 1892 , a work entitled " Tha Complete ...
Page 332
... took up much time . Yet , on reflection , it appeared strange to me , that although I will run from one end of London to another , to pass an hour with him , I should omit to seize any spare time to be in his company , when I am set ...
... took up much time . Yet , on reflection , it appeared strange to me , that although I will run from one end of London to another , to pass an hour with him , I should omit to seize any spare time to be in his company , when I am set ...
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