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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Page 11
... asked him what book it was , the man answered , " An't please your lordship , this is a very odd sort of an author : he would fain rhyme , but cannot get at it . " and taste in the fine arts is universally celebrated ; EAT . 72 . 11 ...
... asked him what book it was , the man answered , " An't please your lordship , this is a very odd sort of an author : he would fain rhyme , but cannot get at it . " and taste in the fine arts is universally celebrated ; EAT . 72 . 11 ...
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... asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circum- scribe poetry by a definition , will only show the nar- rowness of the definer ; though a definition ...
... asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circum- scribe poetry by a definition , will only show the nar- rowness of the definer ; though a definition ...
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... asked any from the bishop of Gloucester ; and , if my memory fails me not , he had seen him only once , when they met almost without design , conversed without much effort , and parted without any lasting impression of hatred or ...
... asked any from the bishop of Gloucester ; and , if my memory fails me not , he had seen him only once , when they met almost without design , conversed without much effort , and parted without any lasting impression of hatred or ...
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... asked by his royal highness , how he could love a prince while he disliked kings ? ” The answer which Pope made was , " The young lion is harmless , and even playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful ...
... asked by his royal highness , how he could love a prince while he disliked kings ? ” The answer which Pope made was , " The young lion is harmless , and even playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful ...
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... asked whether it was true . " Shall I ask him ? " said his lordship . We were , by a great ma- iority , clear for the experiment . Upon which his lordship very gravely , and with a courteous air , said , “ Pray , Sir , is it true that ...
... asked whether it was true . " Shall I ask him ? " said his lordship . We were , by a great ma- iority , clear for the experiment . Upon which his lordship very gravely , and with a courteous air , said , “ Pray , Sir , is it true that ...
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