The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... recollect more than three uncommon or learned words : one , when giving an account of the approach of Waller's mortal disease , he says , " he found his legs grow tumid , " by using the expression his legs ( 1 ) See , however , p . 9 ...
... recollect more than three uncommon or learned words : one , when giving an account of the approach of Waller's mortal disease , he says , " he found his legs grow tumid , " by using the expression his legs ( 1 ) See , however , p . 9 ...
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... recollected , that Lord Marchmont was one of those noble friends . ( 1 ) He includes his lordship , along with Lord Bolingbroke , in a charge of neglect of the papers which Pope left by his will ; when , in truth , as I myself pointed ...
... recollected , that Lord Marchmont was one of those noble friends . ( 1 ) He includes his lordship , along with Lord Bolingbroke , in a charge of neglect of the papers which Pope left by his will ; when , in truth , as I myself pointed ...
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... recollect , once told me , laughing heartily , that he understood it has been said of him , " He appears not to feel ; but when he is alone , depend upon it , he suffers sadly . ' I am as certain as I can be of any man's real sentiments ...
... recollect , once told me , laughing heartily , that he understood it has been said of him , " He appears not to feel ; but when he is alone , depend upon it , he suffers sadly . ' I am as certain as I can be of any man's real sentiments ...
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... recollect that the Bishop of Killaloe kept his countenance with perfect steadi- ness , while Miss Hannah More slyly hid her face behind a lady's back who sat on the same settee with her . His pride could not bear that any ex- pression ...
... recollect that the Bishop of Killaloe kept his countenance with perfect steadi- ness , while Miss Hannah More slyly hid her face behind a lady's back who sat on the same settee with her . His pride could not bear that any ex- pression ...
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... Certainly was in extraordinary spirits , and above all fear or awe . In the midst of a great number of per- ( 1 ) See antè , Vol . VII . p . 320. — C. sons of the first rank , amongst whom I recollect 86 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... Certainly was in extraordinary spirits , and above all fear or awe . In the midst of a great number of per- ( 1 ) See antè , Vol . VII . p . 320. — C. sons of the first rank , amongst whom I recollect 86 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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