The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... give but a Flemish picture ; and we do not affect to deny that , like those painters of work- day life , he has frequently , in order to preserve their identity , admitted that into his sketches which fastidious delicacy would wish to ...
... give but a Flemish picture ; and we do not affect to deny that , like those painters of work- day life , he has frequently , in order to preserve their identity , admitted that into his sketches which fastidious delicacy would wish to ...
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... give the bare names as they are ; but in poetry , and in prose of any elegance in the writing , they require to have inflection given to them . - His book of the dialects is a sad heap of confusion : the only way to write on them is to ...
... give the bare names as they are ; but in poetry , and in prose of any elegance in the writing , they require to have inflection given to them . - His book of the dialects is a sad heap of confusion : the only way to write on them is to ...
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... give away five hundred pounds in a year to those that importune in the streets , and not do any good . " " There is nothing more likely to betray a man into ab- surdity , than condescension ; when he seems to suppose his understanding ...
... give away five hundred pounds in a year to those that importune in the streets , and not do any good . " " There is nothing more likely to betray a man into ab- surdity , than condescension ; when he seems to suppose his understanding ...
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... give way to such a fancy . At one time of my life I had taken it into my head that it was not wholesome to study between breakfast and dinner . " " " Mr. Beauclerk one day repeated to Dr. Johnson Pope's lines , Let modest Foster , if he ...
... give way to such a fancy . At one time of my life I had taken it into my head that it was not wholesome to study between breakfast and dinner . " " " Mr. Beauclerk one day repeated to Dr. Johnson Pope's lines , Let modest Foster , if he ...
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... give Mr. Dossie his vote to be a member of this society , paid up an arrear which had run on for two years . On this occasion he mentioned a circumstance as characteris- tick of the Scotch . ' One of that nation , ' said he , ' who See ...
... give Mr. Dossie his vote to be a member of this society , paid up an arrear which had run on for two years . On this occasion he mentioned a circumstance as characteris- tick of the Scotch . ' One of that nation , ' said he , ' who See ...
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