The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4Derby & Jackson, 1858 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... instance , I am curious to see if this frost has not nipped my fruit trees . " JOHNSON ( who we did not imagine was attending ) . " You find , Sir , you have fears as well as hopes . " So well did he see the whole , when another saw but ...
... instance , I am curious to see if this frost has not nipped my fruit trees . " JOHNSON ( who we did not imagine was attending ) . " You find , Sir , you have fears as well as hopes . " So well did he see the whole , when another saw but ...
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... men of superior abilities , he wondered that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " justly considered as due to it . Of this , ETAT . 69 . 19 CHOICE OF A PROFESSION .
... men of superior abilities , he wondered that Fortune , who is represented as blind , should , in this instance , have been so just . " justly considered as due to it . Of this , ETAT . 69 . 19 CHOICE OF A PROFESSION .
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... instances may be men- tioned . He told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where the room , being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he ...
... instances may be men- tioned . He told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that once when he dined in a numerous company of booksellers , where the room , being small , the head of the table , at which he sat , was almost close to the fire , he ...
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... instance which I discovered of his seeking after a man of merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gen- 1 In the ...
... instance which I discovered of his seeking after a man of merit . Soon after the Honourable Daines Barrington had published his excellent " Observations on the Statutes , " Johnson waited on that worthy and learned gen- 1 In the ...
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... instance of a gentleman , who I thought was not dishonoured by it . JOHNSON . " Ay , but he was , Sir . He could not mouth and strut as he used to do , after having been there . People are not willing to ask a man to their tables , who ...
... instance of a gentleman , who I thought was not dishonoured by it . JOHNSON . " Ay , but he was , Sir . He could not mouth and strut as he used to do , after having been there . People are not willing to ask a man to their tables , who ...
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